Check domain availability using cURL php

Here is a simple function for checking domain availability using cURL in php.

<?php
/* 
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*/

function domain_checker($domain) { 

$data = 'http://'.$domain; 

// Create a curl handle to a non-existing location 
$ch = curl_init($data); 

// Execute 
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); 
curl_exec($ch); 

// Check if any error occured 
if(curl_errno($ch)) 
{ 
    return 'The domain is available!'; 
} else { 
    return 'The domain is not available'; 
} 

// Close handle 
curl_close($ch); 
} 


?>

// Usage: 
<?php
domain_check("blogger.com");
?> 

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