[RESOLVED] Resubmitting Google sitemap via curl - how to keep from displaying Google response?

[bunner_bob]

My site uses a sitemap generator that rebuilds the sitemap XML file whenever content is updated, and then (per Google specs) sends them an http request to tell them the sitemap is updated.

This appears to be working fine, as every time it runs, at the top of the page is displayed some response data from Google (sitemap received, etc.)

Is there something I can do to prevent this from being displayed at the top of my page? Maybe some way to "exec" offline - if that makes sense?

Here's the curl bit:

// create a new cURL resource
$ch = curl_init();

// set URL and other appropriate options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ping?sitemap=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mysite.com%2Fsitemap.xml");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

// grab URL and pass it to the browser
curl_exec($ch);

// close cURL resource, and free up system resources
curl_close($ch);*/

[dagon]

I'm not clear how its run in the fist place, nor why you can't chose not to display the response from goggle.

[bunner_bob]

It's called within a class that generates the sitemap (builds an XML file and writes it to the server). The sitemap generating class is called by a submit class that's called when an admin updates certain records.

There is nothing otherwise in that class that echoes anything to screen.

I too am confused why there seems to be no option not to display the response.

[bunner_bob]

Perhaps someone can suggest another method to do this http request via PHP. I know I could do it via a cron job on the server, but prefer to trigger it when the sitemap is updated.

[dagon]

the solution is not to find a new way to fun it but to stop its output

[bunner_bob]

Found it:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOBODY,1);

Just had to google "php stop output curl"