wp_remote_retrieve_header() – Function

Retrieves a single header by name from the raw response.

Parameters

$responsearray|WP_Errorrequired: HTTP response.
$headerstringrequired: Header name to retrieve value from.

Return

array|string The header(s) value(s). Array if multiple headers with the same name are retrieved.
Empty string if incorrect parameter given, or if the header doesn’t exist.

Source

function wp_remote_retrieve_header( $response, $header ) {
	if ( is_wp_error( $response ) || ! isset( $response['headers'] ) ) {
		return '';
	}

	if ( isset( $response['headers'][ $header ] ) ) {
		return $response['headers'][ $header ];
	}

	return '';
}

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Uses	Description
is_wp_error()`wp-includes/load.php`	Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

Used by	Description
WP_Site_Health::check_for_page_caching()`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php`	Checks if site has page cache enabled or not.
wp_install_maybe_enable_pretty_permalinks()`wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php`	Maybe enable pretty permalinks on installation.
download_url()`wp-admin/includes/file.php`	Downloads a URL to a local temporary file using the WordPress HTTP API.
discover_pingback_server_uri()`wp-includes/comment.php`	Finds a pingback server URI based on the given URL.

Changelog

Version	Description
2.7.0	Introduced.

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Get last modified date from response header
```
$response = wp_remote_get( 'http://www.foo.com/file.txt' );
$last_modified = wp_remote_retrieve_header( $response, 'last-modified' );
```
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wp_remote_retrieve_header( array|WP_Error $response, string $header ): array|string

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wp_remote_retrieve_header( array|WP_Error $response, string $header ): array|string

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