curl_error

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

Return a string containing the last error for the current session

string curl_error ( resource $ch )

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

Parameters:

A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

Returns:

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

Examples:

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);
?>