system_check_http_request

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system_check_http_request()

Checks whether the server is capable of issuing HTTP requests.

The function sets the drupal_http_request_fail system variable to TRUE if drupal_http_request() does not work and then the system status report page will contain an error.

Return value

TRUE if this installation can issue HTTP requests.

Code

modules/system/system.module, line 1914

<?php
function system_check_http_request() {
  // Try to get the content of the front page via drupal_http_request().
  $result = drupal_http_request(url('', array('absolute' => TRUE)));
  // We only care that we get a http response - this means that Drupal
  // can make a http request.
  $works = isset($result->code) && ($result->code >= 100) && ($result->code < 600);
  variable_set('drupal_http_request_fails', !$works);
  return $works;
}
?>

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