PHP - get_header throws error: Filename cannot be empty

Question

This is whole code I'm using which works on some other sites, but on google does not and throws me an error:

    $url = 'http://www.google.com';
$sitemap = $url.'/sitemap.xml';
$robots = $url.'/robots.txt'; 
$robotsx = [$sitemap, $robots];
$sitemaps = false;
$robotss = false;

//GET REDIRECTED URL
function getRedirectUrl ($robotsx) {
    stream_context_set_default(array(
        'http' => array(
        'method' => 'HEAD'
    )
));
$headers = get_headers($robotsx, 1);
if (isset($headers['Location'])) {
    return is_array($headers['Location']) ? array_pop($headers['Location']) : $headers['Location'];
}
return false;
}

$finalr = getRedirectUrl($robots);
$finals = getRedirectUrl($sitemap);

// IF THERE IS NO REDIRECTED URL
if ($finalr == null){
    $robotss = $robots;
}
if ($finals == null){
    $sitemaps = $sitemap;
}


// GET RESPONSE CODE
function get_http_response_coder ($url) {
  $headersyy = get_headers($url);
  return substr($headersyy[0], 9, 3);
}
print_r(get_http_response_coder($url));

// CHECK MAIN URL FOR REDIRECT
$xgetheads = get_headers($url, 1);  

// IF THERE IS REDIRECT
if (isset($xgetheads['Location'])) {
    if (isset($finalr)){
                $get_http_response_coder = get_http_response_coder($finalr);
    if ( $get_http_response_coder != 404) {
        echo "Your website have robots file. Your robots file is at ".$finalr;
    }
    else{
        echo "Your website does not have robots file.";
    }
    }
    if ($finalr == null){
                $get_http_response_coder = get_http_response_coder($robotss);
    if ( $get_http_response_coder != 404) {
        echo "Your website have robots file. Your robots file is at ".$robotss;
    }
    else{
        echo "Your website does not have robots file.";
    }
    }       
    if(isset($finals)){
    $get_http_response_codes = get_http_response_coder($finals);


    if ( $get_http_response_codes != 404) {
        echo "Your website have sitemap file. Your sitemap file is at ".$finals;
    }
    else{
        echo "Your website does not have sitemap file.";
    }
    }
    if($finals == null){
    $get_http_response_codes = get_http_response_coder($sitemaps);


    if ( $get_http_response_codes != 404) {
        echo "Your website have sitemap file. Your sitemap file is at ".$sitemaps;
    }
    else{
        echo "Your website does not have sitemap file.";
    }
    }       
}

// IF THERE IS NO REDIRECT
else{
    $get_http_response_coder = get_http_response_coder($robots) ;
    $get_http_response_codes = get_http_response_coder($sitemap);

    if ( $get_http_response_coder != 404) {
        echo "Your website have robots file. Your robots file is at ".$robots;
    }
    else{
        echo "Your website does not have robots file.";
    }
    if ( $get_http_response_codes != 404) {
        echo "Your website have sitemap file. Your sitemap file is at ".$sitemap;
    }
    else{
        echo "Your website does not have sitemap file.";
    }
}

I'm getting error:

Warning: get_headers(): Filename cannot be empty

but, when I print only that part, I get correct response code. Why is this happening and what is wrong with my code?

What's in $url? It's empty! Does it even exist? Please use error_reporting(E_ALL) and ini_set('display_errors',1); — twicejr
– twicejr, Commented Nov 21, 2016 at 13:30
When I execute your code it works and outputs 302. Maybe your PHP version behaves different from mine. — twicejr
– twicejr, Commented Nov 21, 2016 at 13:33
With PHP 5.6, I'm getting 302 without error while executing only this. But when it is part of other script, I get this error again. I'll post other whole code in question. — codexy
– codexy, Commented Nov 21, 2016 at 13:59

Vijaya Vignesh Kumar · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-21 14:10:08Z

1

Use the URL in http:// format:

function get_http_response_coder ($url) {
$headersyy = get_headers($url);
return substr($headersyy[0], 9, 3);
}   
$url="http://localhost/sample/stackoverflow/fileresp.txt";  
var_dump(get_http_response_coder($url));

answered Nov 21, 2016 at 14:10

Vijaya Vignesh Kumar

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codexy Over a year ago

@Vijaya Vignesh Kumar Can you explain why?

codexy Over a year ago

I believe he is saying to use url without www

Ibrahim · Accepted Answer · 2022-06-19 23:32:29Z

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I got the same error today:

get_header throws error: Filename cannot be empty

The issue for me was because the URL itself doesn't exist. Once I fixed the link, the issue was resolved.

answered Jun 19, 2022 at 23:32

Ibrahim

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