PHP: Get fopen() HTTP response error code
fopen, http-headers, php
Solution
The `$http_response_header` will return the response header. So you can get the first line by using `$http_response_header[0]` which in this case, will be exactly `HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found`.
$remote = @fopen ($url, "rb");
if (!$remote) {
echo "Error: " . $http_response_header[0];
}
Problem
I would like to get the HTTP error code while opening a remote file via `fopen()` function. I have the following code: ``` $remote = fopen ($url, "rb"); ``` If the URL is fine, the file would be opened. Otherwise, `fopen` triggers an error message similar to `Warning: fopen(url): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found`. I know that adding a `@` before the `fopen()` would suppress the error message, but how can I get the http error code instead? Here, I want to get `HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found` in a variable. Thanks.