PHP Curl to check is url exist or not (support redirected url)

url_check.php

<?php
        /**
         * Determine that url is exists or not
         *
         * @param $url = The url to check
         **/
        function url_exists($url) {
            $result = false;
            $url = filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL);
            
            /* Open curl connection */
            $handle = curl_init($url);
            
            /* Set curl parameter */
            curl_setopt_array($handle, array(
                CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => TRUE,     // we need the last redirected url
                CURLOPT_NOBODY => TRUE,             // we don't need body
                CURLOPT_HEADER => FALSE,            // we don't need headers
                CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => FALSE,    // we don't need return transfer
                CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => FALSE,    // we don't need verify host
                CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => FALSE     // we don't need verify peer
            ));
        
            /* Get the HTML or whatever is linked in $url. */
            $response = curl_exec($handle);
            
            $httpCode = curl_getinfo($handle, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL);  // Try to get the last url
            $httpCode = curl_getinfo($handle, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);      // Get http status from last url
            
            /* Check for 200 (file is found). */
            if($httpCode == 200) {
                $result = true;
            }
            
            return $result;
            
            /* Close curl connection */
            curl_close($handle);
        }

        // Example
        echo url_exists('https://google.com');
?>

https://gist.github.com/aalfiann/d2d0c4bc0a0846edd7b02bb0f8a056e0#file-url_check-php-L38 is unreachable. The return must come after curl_close.