PHP cURL usage examples

php-curl.md

GET request with headers

Sending HTTP GET request containing Authorization headers to public REST API with PHP cURL

function curlGetRequest() {
    $ch = curl_init();

    $headers = array(
        'Authorization: OAuth XXX,
        'Accept: application/json',
    );

    $options = array(
        CURLOPT_URL => 'https://example-api.com',
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => TRUE, // return output to var
        CURLOPT_VERBOSE => FALSE, // show HTTP headers 
        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => $headers,
    );

    curl_setopt_array($ch, $options);

    $responseBody = curl_exec($ch);
    $responseInfo = curl_getinfo($ch);
    curl_close($ch);

    if ($responseInfo['http_code'] === 200) {
        return TRUE;
    } else {
        return FALSE;
    }
}