URL return code

[brooky]

Hi,

I'm making a script to list links and want to integrate a way bad links are automatically removed.

e.g. http://www.864skjhljfjhvkbuyrf.com will not exist. (Probably!)

Is there a php function which can help me determin whether a URL works or not?

[Merve]

You might want to look at: [man]get_headers[/man].

[drawmack]

http://www.php.net/fsockopen on port 80 might help

[brooky]

Cheers folks I will try both methods.

I tried fsockopen but for URLS it didnt work..

e.g. http://www.mysite.com/folder

But just

www.domain.com worked.

May be I need to parse it some how.