check if link "still" exists

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How do I check for valid (not dead) links programatically using PHP?

I am creating a website with many links to external websites, and these websites may go down.

Is it possible to do something like stress tests once in a while to see if they are "still there" ?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/244506/how-do-i-check-for-valid-not-dead-links-programatically-using-php — Jonathan de M., Dec 13 '12 at 05:45
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8843129/php-get-headers-a-good-way-to-tell-if-a-site-is-up might help — Supericy, Dec 13 '12 at 05:45

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 13 '12 at 05:50

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This might do

function checkLink($link){ 
    flush(); 
    $fp = @fopen($link, "r"); 
    @fclose($fp); 
    if (!$fp){ 
        return "link is not active"; 
    }else{ 
        return "link is active"; 
    } 
}

answered Dec 13 '12 at 05:50

sicKo

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for this allow_url_fopen should be on in the php.ini config? – Mrinmoy Ghoshal Dec 13 '12 at 06:09

check if link "still" exists

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