Usage and examples of PHP curl_strerror() function

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(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0)

curl_strerror — Returns the description of the error code.

Syntax

string curl_strerror ( int $errornum )

Returns the text description information of the error code.

Parameter

errornum

One » CURL Error CodesConstants.

Return value

Returns error code description information, returns NULL for illegal error codes.

Online example

<?php
//　Create a CURL handle with a misspelled URL
$ch = curl_init("htp://example.com/");
//　Send request
curl_exec($ch);
//　Check error code and display error information
if($errno = curl_errno($ch)) {
　　　　$error_message = curl_strerror($errno);
　　　　echo "CURL error ({$errno}):\n　{$error_message}";
}
//　Close handle
curl_close($ch);
?>

The following example will output:

CURL error (1):
　Unsupported protocol

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