Testing a link header with PHP

[bprof]

Hi everyone,

I'm searching for PHP functions/classes/tools that can give me results like the following when I enter a link for an image or video:

HTTP Headers Test

Domain tested: http://www.domain.com/test.gif
Test performed from: Los Angeles, CA
Test performed at: 2008-02-27 11:48:10 (GMT -08:00)
Status: OK
Response Time: 0.214 sec
DNS: 0.173 sec
Connect: 0.019 sec
Redirect: 0.000 sec
First byte: 0.022 sec
Last byte: 0.000 sec

Can you please help/direct me to some functions or resources I can use to get just that?

Thank you,

[WeAnswer_IT]

This is really not the kind of thing you would want to do with server-side code, like PHP. Testing other site's HTTP headers are just not something the makers of PHP had in mind when they were designing it.

Also, most hosting companies have servers that they configure to be as safe and use as few resources as possible. Since making HTTP requests with PHP takes more resources than internal requests, many hosts will disable it.

You may try http://www.scrutinizethis.com for a tool that would do something similar.

Sorry if that wasn't the answer you were looking for, but the most important thing in programming is to use the right tools for the right project.