[Confusion with mail.google.com, cURL and http://validator.w3.org/checklink]

Hello.

 

I am building a basic link checker at work using cURL. My application has a function called getHeaders() that returns an array of HTTP headers:

 

function getHeaders($url) {

    if(function_exists('curl_init')) {
        // create a new cURL resource
        $ch = curl_init();
        // set URL and other appropriate options
        $options = array(
            CURLOPT_URL => $url,
            CURLOPT_HEADER => true,
            CURLOPT_NOBODY => true,
            CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => 1,
            CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true );
        curl_setopt_array($ch, $options);
        // grab URL and pass it to the browser
        curl_exec($ch);
        $headers = curl_getinfo($ch);
        // close cURL resource, and free up system resources
        curl_close($ch);
    } else {
        echo "<p>Error: <a href=\"http://uk.php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php\">cURL<a/> is not installed on the web server. Unable to continue.</p>";
        return false;
    }
    return $headers;
}

print_r(getHeaders('mail.google.com'));

 

Which yields the following results:

 

Array

(

    [ur1] => http://mail.google.com

    [content_type] => text/html; charset=UTF-8

    [http_code] => 404

    [header_size] => 338

    [request_size] => 55

    [filetime] => -1

    [ssl_verify_result] => 0

    [redirect_count] => 0

    [total_time] => 0.128

    [namelookup_time] => 0.042

    [connect_time] => 0.095

    [pretransfer_time] => 0.097

    [size_upload] => 0

    [size_download] => 0

    [speed_download] => 0

    [speed_upload] => 0

    [download_content_length] => 0

    [upload_content_length] => 0

    [starttransfer_time] => 0.128

    [redirect_time] => 0

)

 

(In case you're wondering, I changed the 'url' key to stop the forum interpreting it as BB Code)

 

I've tested it with several long links, and the function acknowledges redirects, all apart from mail.google.com it seems.

 

For fun, I passed the same URL (mail.google.com) to the W3C link checker, which produced:

 

Results

Links

 

Valid links!

 

List of redirects

 

The links below are not broken, but the document does not use the exact URL, and the links were redirected. It may be a good idea to link to the final location, for the sake of speed.

 

warning Line: 1 http://mail.google.com/mail/ redirected to

 

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=mail&passive=true&rm=false&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fui%3Dhtml%26zy%3Dl&bsv=zpwhtygjntrz&scc=1&ltmpl=default&ltmplcache=2

 

Status: 302 -> 200 OK

 

This is a temporary redirect. Update the link if you believe it makes sense, or leave it as is.

 

Anchors

 

Found 0 anchors.

 

Checked 1 document in 4.50 seconds.

 

Which is correct, as the address above is where I am redirected to when I enter mail.google.com into my browser.

 

What cURL options would I need to use to make my function return 200 for mail.google.com?

 

Why is it that the function above returns 404 status code as opposed to 302 status code?

 

TIA

[Problem redirecting to $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] after login]

Hello,

 

I am trying to redirect non-authenticated users to following url after login:

 

http://xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xx.xx/dvd_process_script.php?response=accept&owner=3&dvdid=55&requester=9

 

But the URL above doesn't seem to be stored in $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] upon requesting it.

 

The general logic of my script is:

 

<?php

if(user is logged in) {
    
    // redirect to home page

} else {

    // this block executes because ALL users logged out

    echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

    exit(); // for test purposes

}

?>

 

 

Confusingly, the above code outputs '/index.php' which was not what I was expecting. How would I go about redirecting to the desired url above (including get parameters)?

 

Thanks,

 

Mike

[[SOLVED] PHP string conversion: "The Matrix" to "Matrix, The"]

Thanks AlexWD, that works like a charm.

 

Interesting logic you've used there. Very useful function.

 

Cheers,

 

Mike

[[SOLVED] PHP string conversion: "The Matrix" to "Matrix, The"]

Good evening folks,

 

I have a webapp that allows users to catalogue their DVD titles, and I would like to reformat all titles that start with the word "the".

 

Specifically, if the 'title' string starts with the word "the", I want to chop "the" from the beginning of the string, prepend it with a comma and a space, and then glue it onto the end of the string:

 

"The Matrix" (current)

 

"Matrix, The" (desired)

 

What is the easiest way to do this in PHP?

 

Regards,

 

Mike

 

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Templates

 

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