PHP If file_get_contents fails, do this instead

Question

I have a function to translate the current text string using the Free Bing translator API. I just want to make sure if anything fails or something happens with the Applicat

Answer 1

there is $http_response_header variable is being created in local scope that we can use it to check headers returned from server. Here is my implementation:

public function getData($url)
{
    try {
        $response = @file_get_contents($url);
        if (isset($http_response_header)) {
            if (!in_array('HTTP/1.1 200 OK', $http_response_header) &&
                !in_array('HTTP/1.0 200 OK', $http_response_header)) {
                throw new \Exception('Server did not return success header!');
            }
        }
        return $response;
    } catch (\Exception $ex) {
        throw new TransportException($ex->getMessage(), $ex->getCode(), $ex);
    }
}