(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
get_headers — Fetches all the headers sent by the server in response to an HTTP request
get_headers() returns an array with the headers sent by the server in response to a HTTP request.
urlThe target URL.
associative
If the optional associative parameter is set to true,
get_headers() parses the response and sets the
array's keys.
context
A valid context resource created with
stream_context_create(), or null to use the
default context.
Returns an indexed or associative array with the headers, or false on
failure.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 |
The associative has been changed from int to bool.
|
| 7.1.0 |
The context parameter was added.
|
Example #1 get_headers() example
<?php
$url = 'http://www.example.com';
print_r(get_headers($url));
print_r(get_headers($url, true));
?>The above example will output something similar to:
Array
(
[0] => HTTP/1.1 200 OK
[1] => Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 12:28:13 GMT
[2] => Server: Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) (Red-Hat/Linux)
[3] => Last-Modified: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 23:11:55 GMT
[4] => ETag: "3f80f-1b6-3e1cb03b"
[5] => Accept-Ranges: bytes
[6] => Content-Length: 438
[7] => Connection: close
[8] => Content-Type: text/html
)
Array
(
[0] => HTTP/1.1 200 OK
[Date] => Sat, 29 May 2004 12:28:14 GMT
[Server] => Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) (Red-Hat/Linux)
[Last-Modified] => Wed, 08 Jan 2003 23:11:55 GMT
[ETag] => "3f80f-1b6-3e1cb03b"
[Accept-Ranges] => bytes
[Content-Length] => 438
[Connection] => close
[Content-Type] => text/html
)
Example #2 get_headers() using HEAD example
<?php
// By default get_headers uses a GET request to fetch the headers. If you
// want to send a HEAD request instead, you can do so using a stream context:
$context = stream_context_create(
[
'http' => array(
'method' => 'HEAD'
)
]
);
$headers = get_headers('http://example.com', false, $context);
?>