PHP cURL: Get target of redirect, without following it

Question

The curl_getinfo function returns a lot of metadata about the result of an HTTP request. However, for some reason it doesn\'t include the bit of information I want at the m

Answer 1

You can simply use it: (CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL)

$info = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL);
echo $info; // the redirect URL without following it

as you mentioned, disable the CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION option (before executing) and place my code after executing.

CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL - With the CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION option disabled: redirect URL found in the last transaction, that should be requested manually next. With the CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION option enabled: this is empty. The redirect URL in this case is available in CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL

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