[SOLVED] Validating website exists - PROBLEM

[DotDotDash]

Hello,

 

I have a slight problem with the script I am trying to create in PHP. Whilst I'm not inept I can't seem to troubleshoot this problem at all. I am not sure if it is to do with my configuration file or whatnot but it isn't working anyway. This is what I'm trying to do:

 

<?php

$newurl = 'www.fhdhgfhecjshdsh.com';

function check_url($url)
{
$fp = fsockopen($url, 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);

if(!$fp)
{
	return false;
}

fclose($fp);
return true;
}

if(!check_url($newurl))
{
echo 'That website could not be found.';
}
else
{
echo 'That website exists.';
}

?>

 

Now all this returns to me is that it exists... like below

 

That website exists.

 

Why does this happen? We all know that the fake url I have put up the top does NOT exist. For reference I am using Apache on my own computer with allow_url_fopen turned On. Any recommendations?

 

Hope to hear from you all soon, thanks!

[Maq]

Works for me.  I get some warning when the website doesn't exist but when it does I get the correct output with zero errors/warnings.

[DotDotDash]

Works for me.  I get some warning when the website doesn't exist but when it does I get the correct output with zero errors/warnings.

 

Hmmm, quite a pain. What exactly do you need to configure in your PHP ini file aside from the allow_url_fopen one? Could anything outwith PHP affect it?

[killah]

Are you trying to see if the domain exist's or online and exist's?

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Is this your own server so that you know that the fsockopen() function has not been disabled in php.ini? Does a phpinfo() statement show any disabled functions?

 

Is error_reporting set to E_ALL and display_errors set to ON so that you see all php generated errors?

[DotDotDash]

Is this your own server so that you know that the fsockopen() function has not been disabled in php.ini? Does a phpinfo() statement show any disabled functions?

 

Is error_reporting set to E_ALL and display_errors set to ON so that you see all php generated errors?

 

All of them appear to be turned on and I have even added error_reporting(E_ALL) at the top of the file for extra measure. It just simply keeps validating ridiculous links with no warning or errors.

[DotDotDash]

I actually figured the problem out. It is because I am using OpenDNS. When OpenDNS can't reach a webpage because it doesn't exist or is down then it redirects to a search page therefore fopensock doesn't know if it failed or not and puts through it as succeeded.

 

Thanks for everyones feedback however!