How to get final_url using the URL Fetch PHP API on Google App Engine?

Question

Like the Python URL Fetch API, isn't there any way of getting the final_url in PHP on Google App Engine. Here's how its accessed in Python:

>>> from google.appengine.api import urlfetch
>>> urlfetch.fetch('http://google.com/').final_url
'http://www.google.com/'

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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Unfortunately, other than disabling follow_location and parsing $http_response_header manually (See How to get the real URL after file_get_contents if redirection happens?) there's currently no way to get the final_url directly.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Jul 01 '14 at 18:31

Mars

Yeah, am aware of that but that's not the most optimal approach (unlike the Python one). May be it would help to have a native PHP object mapped to urlfetch that exposes all that the API has to offer. – Akshay Raje Jul 02 '14 at 11:34
Feel free to add a feature request here: https://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/list?q=Language%3DPHP – Mars Jul 02 '14 at 20:34

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