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curl_error

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

curl_error — Return a string containing the last error for the current session

Description

curl_error(CurlHandle $handle): string

Returns a clear text error message for the last cURL operation.

Parameters

handle

A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

Return Values

Returns the error message or '' (the empty string) if no error occurred.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 handle expects a CurlHandle instance now; previously, a resource was expected.

Examples

Example #1 curl_error() example

<?php
// Create a curl handle to a non-existing location
$ch = curl_init('http://404.php.net/');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

if(curl_exec($ch) === false)
{
echo 'Curl error: ' . curl_error($ch);
}
else
{
echo 'Operation completed without any errors';
}
?>

See Also