Verify if a link works

[IFR]

Hi

I would like to know if there's a code to check if a link(to a page or imaeg) exist ?

[drew010]

use this:

if(!@$fp = fopen("http://www.url.com/pageorimage.ext","r")) {
echo "file doesnt exist";
} else {
echo "file exists";
}
@fclose($fp);

must have allow_url_fopen on in php.ini for this to work

edit:: this may not work if the remote server redirects 404 pages to a different page..

[IFR]

waaa works perfectly
thanx alot !

but is there a similar code but in jjavascript ?

[drew010]

nope, javascript is incapable of performing such tasks. js is only good for client side scripting, not server side..