PHP Curl Get Request Returning False

Question

I'm working on something but I do not understand what is happening. I tried different things. I'm sending a get request to website but it's not working, the curl always returns false. But if I put the url to the browser and check it, I got some response. here's the url

"https://cleanlead.dlg.co.uk/?circuit=public&fuseaction=lead&Campid=599&Suppid=571&Surveyid=5&Title=Mr&Forename=Adrian&Surname=Reut&Address1=8 Church Road Middlesex&Finance_Insurance_PMI_CurrentlyHave=Yes&Postcode=UB3 2LH&Finance_PMI_ThruCompany=No&TelephoneORMobile=2087976760&Age_Band=30-39"

Here' my curl code

$ch = curl_init();  
//var_dump($url.$postData);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,urlencode("https://cleanlead.dlg.co.uk/?circuit=public&fuseaction=lead&Campid=599&Suppid=571&Surveyid=5&Title=Mr&Forename=Adrian&Surname=Reut&Address1=8 Church Road Middlesex&Finance_Insurance_PMI_CurrentlyHave=Yes&Postcode=UB3 2LH&Finance_PMI_ThruCompany=No&TelephoneORMobile=2087976760&Age_Band=30-39"));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_HEADER, false); 
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false); 
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);   
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'GET'); 
$output=curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);
var_dump($output);

HTTP Error 400. The request is badly formed If i remove url encode — jackhammer013
– jackhammer013, Commented May 15, 2015 at 15:32
That isn't exactly what I said... read the manual on urlencode()... — Devon Bessemer
– Devon Bessemer, Commented May 15, 2015 at 15:32
put this after the $output line. if ($output === false) curl_error($ch); — castis
– castis, Commented May 15, 2015 at 15:35

Ondřej Hlaváček · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-19 18:27:23Z

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You need to urlencode() only the value parts of your query string, fields Postcode and Address1 in this case.

<?php

$ch = curl_init();  
//var_dump($url.$postData);
$requestUrl = "https://cleanlead.dlg.co.uk/?";
$requestUrl .= "circuit=public&fuseaction=lead&Campid=599&Suppid=571&Surveyid=5&Title=Mr&Forename=Adrian&Surname=Reut";
$requestUrl .= "&Address1=" . urlencode("8 Church Road Middlesex");
$requestUrl .= "&Finance_Insurance_PMI_CurrentlyHave=Yes";
$requestUrl .= "&Postcode=" . urlencode("UB3 2LH");
$requestUrl .= "&Finance_PMI_ThruCompany=No&TelephoneORMobile=2087976760&Age_Band=30-39";
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL, $requestUrl);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_HEADER, false); 
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false); 
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);   
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'GET'); 
$output=curl_exec($ch);
if (curl_error($ch)) {
    var_dump();
}
curl_close($ch);
var_dump($output);


?>

edited May 19, 2015 at 18:27

answered May 15, 2015 at 15:37

Ondřej Hlaváček

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jackhammer013 Over a year ago

Wow. Thank you so much. This works for me. I just edited the parameters and make it an array instead. I hope I can select the others as answers as well. Thank u

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