hi,

i'd like to check the server headers (200/404/502) of an HTTPS page.

how do i do that in PHP?

the function get-headers doesn't support HTTPS.


thanks guys!

The headers are encrypted so basically ..... you can't.

I haven't tried it, but this looks like it might work:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.get-headers.php#55190

You can use curl to get full headers:

PHP Code:

function getheaders($url) {
    $c = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
    curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_NOBODY, true);
    curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
    curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, true);
    curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    $headers = curl_exec($c);
    curl_close($c);
    return $headers;
} 


If it's just HTTP status code you need, you can modify the function like this:

PHP Code:

function getstatus($url) {
    $c = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
    curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_NOBODY, true);
    curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
    curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, true);
    curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_exec($c);
    $status = curl_getinfo($c, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    curl_close($c);
    return $status;
} 


Not what the question is about.

That code would get the RESPONSE headers from a remote site. The TS wants to get the REQUEST headers on the SAME server.

The status codes OP mentioned are response codes. The get_headers() function OP mentioned returns response headers. I'm pretty sure he's after response but what do I know.