# curl-strerror

curl_strerror

Return string describing the given error code

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string

null

curl_strerror

int

error_code

Returns a text error message describing the given error code.

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`error_code`  
One of the [cURL error codes](ENTITY) constants.

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Returns the error description. For an unknown error code this is `"Unknown error"`.

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`curl_errno` example

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```
<?php
// Create a curl handle with a misspelled protocol in URL
$ch = curl_init("htp://example.com/");

// Send request
curl_exec($ch);

// Check for errors and display the error message
if($errno = curl_errno($ch)) {
    $error_message = curl_strerror($errno);
    echo "cURL error ({$errno}):\n {$error_message}";
}
?>

    
```

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    cURL error (1):
     Unsupported protocol

        

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`curl_errno`, `curl_error`, [Curl error codes](ENTITY)