file_get_contents when url doesn't exist

Question

I\'m using file_get_contents() to access a URL.

file_get_contents(\'http://somenotrealurl.com/notrealpage\');

If the URL is not real, it r

Answer 1

To avoid double requests as commented by Orbling on the answer of ynh you could combine their answers. If you get a valid response in the first place, use that. If not find out what the problem was (if needed).

$urlToGet = 'http://somenotrealurl.com/notrealpage';
$pageDocument = @file_get_contents($urlToGet);
if ($pageDocument === false) {
     $headers = get_headers($urlToGet);
     $responseCode = substr($headers[0], 9, 3);
     // Handle errors based on response code
     if ($responseCode == '404') {
         //do something, page is missing
     }
     // Etc.
} else {
     // Use $pageDocument, echo or whatever you are doing
}