cURL request is not being sent in PHP

Question

I am trying to get a basic cURL request to work. I am running Wamp 2.5 and PHP 5.5.12. I've double checked the php.ini files and have made sure cURL was actually set up and ready to go. Here is my code:

$url = "https://www.google.com";
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30); //timeout after 30 seconds
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$status_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);   //get status code
$response = curl_exec($ch);

echo $status_code;

There is no error returned except "0", and if I do var_dump the result is "boolean false". What am I doing wrong?

curl_exec() should be first

Iurii Tkachenko
– Iurii Tkachenko

2015-12-10 21:04:25 +00:00
Commented Dec 10, 2015 at 21:04 — Iurii Tkachenko
– Iurii Tkachenko, Commented Dec 10, 2015 at 21:04

arkascha · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-10 21:02:01Z

2

Happens, a stupid mistake. Happens to all of us :-)

Try this:

<?php
$url = "https://www.google.com";
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30); //timeout after 30 seconds
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$status_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);   //get status code
echo $status_code;

The output is: 302

You obviously first have to execute the request before you then can get its status code.

answered Dec 10, 2015 at 21:02

arkascha

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3 Comments

Alonso C. Over a year ago

Sorry...I mean, even if I remove the whole status_code part, its not actually executing do you know what I mean?

arkascha Over a year ago

@CodeTadpole It does execute the request for me. The 302 is the result of the request. What makes you think it does not execute the request on your side?

Alonso C. Over a year ago

Hmmm...that makes me wonder if something is indeed wrong in my setup somewhere. I even copied and pasted what you typed and status is still 0

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