How to get file_get_contents() to work with HTTPS?

Question

I\'m working on setting up credit card processing and needed to use a workaround for CURL. The following code worked fine when I was using the test server (which wasn\'t cal

Answer 1

TO CHECK IF AN URL IS UP OR NOT

The code in your question can be rewritten as to a working version:

function send($packet=NULL, $url) {
// Do whatever you wanted to do with $packet
// The below two lines of code will let you know if https url is up or not
$command = 'curl -k '.$url;
return exec($command, $output, $retValue);
}