Removed "s" and added some instructions

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edited Jul 5, 2017 at 1:10

PHP, 89 8686 85 bytes

<?=($a=$argv[1])==859?_:@json_decode(file("https"http://xkcd.com/$a/info.0.json")[0])->alt;

Returns null for 404 and 859

Save as xkcd.php and run with the comic number...

$ php xkcd.php 386

PHP, 89 86 bytes

<?=($a=$argv[1])==859?_:@json_decode(file("https://xkcd.com/$a/info.0.json")[0])->alt;

Returns null for 404 and 859

<?=($a=$argv[1])==859?_:@json_decode(file("http://xkcd.com/$a/info.0.json")[0])->alt;

Returns null for 404 and 859

Save as xkcd.php and run with the comic number...

$ php xkcd.php 386

added 7 characters in body

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edited Jun 30, 2017 at 23:19

<?=($a=$argv[1])==859?null_:@json_decode(file("https://xkcd.com/$a/info.0.json")[0])->alt;

Returns null for 404 and 859

<?=($a=$argv[1])==859?null:@json_decode(file("https://xkcd.com/$a/info.0.json")[0])->alt;

Returns null for 404 and 859

<?=($a=$argv[1])==859?_:@json_decode(file("https://xkcd.com/$a/info.0.json")[0])->alt;

Returns null for 404 and 859

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created Jun 30, 2017 at 22:43

<?=($a=$argv[1])==859?null:@json_decode(file("https://xkcd.com/$a/info.0.json")[0])->alt;

Returns null for 404 and 859