[SOLVED] php script to check a domain.

[Shaun]

Hi, im am absolutely lost with this.

 

I am trying to make a php script that will check if a site in my database is actually valid.

 

for example,

 

$domain = "http://somedomain.com/?page=somepage&something=somethingelse";

 

I want to be able to connect to $domain and make sure that the url does actually point to the exact match that $domain is.

 

The reason is that I have some sites in my database that use a php headers redirect and I cannot actually get the original domain without manually visiting each and every url in my db.. now this wouldnt be a problem with a small bd.. but I have a list of over 200k results.. so it will take me a very long time.

 

I must apologise for not writing any code here, the only reason I havent tried is because i really do not have a clue where to start.

 

I am thinking i will need to use fsocks, and $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] and one big loop, (for each etc)

 

if anyone has the time, could you possible help me out with this?

 

thank you so much, Shaun

[MasterACE14]

google "PHP Ping script", there is plenty of free scripts out there that do what your looking for. they 'ping' the server, first to see whether it is actually online/valid, and you can easily edit it from there to do whatever you need.

[Shaun]

Ive just found these set of functions that work perfectly

http://w-shadow.com/blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-redirect-url-in-php/ <- just incase anyone else is interested.