By default curl sends Accept: */* header for all requests. How do I stop sending of the default header?
Accept: */*
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Pass in "Accept:" (ie a header with no contents to the right of the colon) with CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER. Like:
$headers = array( "Accept:" );
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
The equivalent using the curl command line tool is:
curl -H 'Accept:' http://example.com/
This will make curl remove the header, not just send a header with a blank value. You can also send a header with a blank value if you want, but then you need to use a semicolon instead of colon!
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I stumbled across a related question prior to reaching this one, and wanted to point out
-H 'Accept:' does in fact prevent curl from sending the header altogether. It doesn't send the header as empty as I first thought it would.Make sure your array item is set up with the colon immediately following the header name, like this:
array( "Accept: yourAcceptValue" )
Not with spaces, like this:
array( "Accept : yourAcceptValue" )
If there is a space between the header name and the colon, curl will add the default */* into your headers.
(Works in PHP 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.7)
