How to check if the remote server images exist?

Question

I am trying to test if the remote images exist before I process my codes..

I have found this post

How can one check to see if a remote file exists using PHP?

I have tried getimagesize function and file_get_contents function but I got

Warning: getimagesize() [function.getimagesize]: http:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow_url_fopen=0 in /project/testImages.php on line 147

I can't modify the server configuration in my case.

I am not sure how to solve the errors or if there are another ways to workaround.

Thanks for any help.

[See this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/982045/1729885). — Niels Keurentjes, May 06 '13 at 23:47
Why do you need know if this images exist? Because probably your server denies external access. — Tasso Evangelista, May 06 '13 at 23:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 06 '13 at 23:39

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Why don't you try cURL with CURLOPT_HEADER set to 1 (or true)? Then just check the returned contents for server response. That's the way I'd do it.

answered May 06 '13 at 23:39

Serj Sagan

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