(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
curl_error — Return a string containing the last error for the current session
Returns a clear text error message for the last cURL operation.
handleA cURL handle returned by curl_init().
Returns the error message or '' (the empty string) if no error occurred.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 | handle expects a CurlHandle instance now; previously, a resource was expected. |
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';
}
// Close handle
curl_close($ch);
?>