RE: [PHP] webpage link validation

2009-09-21 Thread Andrea Giammarchi
> Several ways that I can think of: > > * use the file_get_contents() which like you said, could be > overkill > * shell out to wget to retrieve just the headers for the path. > You'd be looking for a 200 return code, which indicates the URI > exists. >

Re: [PHP] webpage link validation

2009-09-21 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 14:42 -0400, Al wrote: > What's the simplest way to test if a link is valid? > > I've got a script that throughly checks the dns, etc. But, I'd also like to > check to see if the user has inputted a valid link to a webpage. > > File_exists() and etc. seem to have a lot of c