Checking if remote files exits ...

[bsamson]

Hello. I am currently creating a security cam page for my company. Basically we have 21 stores all of which have IP based cams. I have seached and tried to find a function to accomblish this:

 

check if cam is up and running and store the status in DB

 

All the cam stills are accessed from a URL like:

http://192.168.1.1:1024/img/mjpeg.jpg

 

Of course it is a WAN IP for each store. In the above example I need a function that will ...

 

Check to make sure it is accessable and account for page timeout if the image is unavailable. Basically I am creating a script that will run every 30 minutes to check if the cam is working and if not note the status accordingly.

 

Thanks in advance for any help!!!

[trq]

file_exists() will do the trick providing php isn't running in safe mode and you have the correct url wrappers enabled.