how to check the URL?

[notset]

Hello,

how to check, if URL exists or not?

Thank's.

[devinemke]

you could try to [man]fopen[/man] it (if your PHP configuration allows).

[notset]

devinemke wrote:

you could try to [man]fopen[/man] it (if your PHP configuration allows).

this function is too slow. it takes about 15 seconds to check... ;\

[notset]

any more suggestions?

[laserlight]

Use [man]fsockopen/man, setting the timeout as you wish; be warned that you may get false negatives with too low a timeout value.