php man page for curl_error

CURL_ERROR(3)								 1							     CURL_ERROR(3)

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

SYNOPSIS
       string curl_error (resource  $ch)

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

PARAMETERS
	      o $ch
		-A cURL handle returned by curl_init(3).

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

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      curl_error(3) 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);
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       curl_errno(3), Curl error codes.

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