Checking the HTTP Response Status Code

Simple HTTP GET request to download the HTML of a web page. Check the HTTP response status code (i.e. 200, 404, etc) to see if it downloaded successfully.

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<?php

$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

//  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
$success = $http->UnlockComponent('Anything for 30-day trial');
if ($success != true) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.

$html = $http->quickGetStr('http://www.google.com/');

$status = $http->LastStatus;

if ($status == 200) {
    print 'status = 200, OK!' . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'HTTP Response status = ' . $status . "\n";

    //  Display the complete response header.
    print $http->lastResponseHeader() . "\n";
}

//  Now try a URL where we know we'll get a 404 response:
$html = $http->quickGetStr('http://www.chilkatsoft.com/NothingHere.html');

$status = $http->LastStatus;

if ($status == 200) {
    print 'status = 200, OK!' . "\n";
}
else {
    print 'HTTP Response status = ' . $status . "\n";

    //  Display the complete response header.
    print $http->lastResponseHeader() . "\n";
}

?>