Get HTTP status text in PHP or Laravel

Question

In Chrome inspector when I hit a 404 I see:

Request URL:http://myapp.dev/doesnotexist
Request Method:GET
Status Code:404 Not Found
Remote Address:192.X.X.X:80

So far I've only been able to get the numeric code, "404" by using $exception->getStatusCode()

Is there a way to get the text description of "Not Found" in PHP (or Laravel)?

Are you using cURL? It looks like curl_error() returns this information. — Barmar
– Barmar, Commented Mar 8, 2016 at 23:38
I have cURL installed but he error is not from a cURL request so I don't think that would work. — Justin
– Justin, Commented Mar 8, 2016 at 23:43
If Laravel doesn't provide an API to this, you may need to use cURL instead. — Barmar
– Barmar, Commented Mar 8, 2016 at 23:46
@Barmar I think OP is serving a web service, not consuming one. — Peter Mghendi
– Peter Mghendi, Commented Feb 16, 2020 at 6:26

Aldirrix · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-08 23:29:21Z

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have you changed your app/config/app.php to:

'debug' => env('APP_DEBUG', true),

answered Mar 8, 2016 at 23:29

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I need this to work in production (with debug off) because I want to display the error text to the end user for troubleshooting purposes.

nextt1 · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-09 07:14:33Z

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If You want to display Custome 404 Error page, you can create 404.blade.php file in views/errors directory.

answered Mar 9, 2016 at 7:14

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