Using PHP curl how to get http code thrown by target url - php

Question

I am Using PHP curl, my target url gives 200 or 500 depending on request parameter.
But how ever it throw 500 or 200 i am getting 200 using curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE). Here is the code
/**
* use for get any file form a remote uri
*
* #param String $url
* #return String
*/
public function getFileUsingCurl($url)
{
//set all option
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, 1);
$file = curl_exec($ch);
if (200 == curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE)) {
curl_close($ch);
return $file;
} else {
curl_close($ch);
return false;
}
}
How i can get the right HTTP code form my target url ?

Answer 1

Try this:
public function getFileUsingCurl($url)
{
//set all option
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, 1);
$file = curl_exec($ch);
$curlinfo = curl_getinfo($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$httpcode = $curlinfo['http_code'];
if($httpcode == "200"){
return $file;
}else{
return false;
}
}
Note:
Make sure you're not being redirected (code 301 or 302)

Answer 2

Could you try curl'ing the url on your terminal to check its status code with:
curl -I www.site.com
(I know this a question rather than answer, but i dont have enough stackoverflow rep to comment yet haha, so i'll edit this to an answer when i have more info)

Answer 3

you should use curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_HEADER, true); to include headers in output.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php
Then use var_dump($file) to see whether it is really 200 or not...
Using below code for checking status should work
$infoArray = curl_getinfo($ch);
$httpStatus = $infoArray['http_code'];
if($httpStatus == "200"){
// do stuff here
}

Answer 4

curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_HEADER, true); // you need this to get the headers
$code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);

Answer 5

Use guzzle to interact with CURL in a sane manner. Then your script becomes something like:
<?php
use Guzzle\Http\Client;
// Create a client and provide a base URL
$client = new Client('http://www.example.com');
$response = $client->get('/');
$code = $response->getStatusCode();