# curl_error

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.3, PHP 5, PHP 7)

curl_error — Return a string containing the last error for the current session

### Description

curl_error ( resource `$ch` ) : string

Returns a clear text error message for the last cURL operation.

### Parameters

`ch`

  A cURL handle returned by curl_init().

### Return Values

Returns the error message or `''` (the empty string) if no error occurred.

### Examples

Example #1 curl_error() example

`<?php
// Create a curl handle to a non-existing location
$ch = curl_init('http://404.php.net/');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
if(curl_exec($ch) === false)
{
echo 'Curl error: ' . curl_error($ch);
}
else
{
echo 'Operation completed without any errors';
}
// Close handle
curl_close($ch);
?>`

### See Also

- curl_errno() - Return the last error number
- » Curl error codes