Processing large file

[Exoon]

Hello,

 

Im trying to find a way to check around 500-600 links to check if they are alive.

 

It works fine for 5-6 links but once i add more links it just times out.

 

Is there a way i could process this so it does 1 link at a time or somthing ?

 

 

 

 

<?php

include("config.php");

$query = "SELECT * FROM `games` WHERE `r_fileserve` <> \"\" LIMIT 500";
$result = mysql_query($query);
while($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {

  $link_str = file_get_contents("$row[r_fileserve]");
  $pattern = '<input type="hidden" name="download" value="normal"/>';
  preg_match($pattern,$link_str,$match);

    if ($match[0] != null) {
      echo "Working <br />";
    } else {
      echo "File Down <br />";
    }

}

?>

[ober]

I'm not sure that's the best way to check for valid links.  You're probably hitting the script processing limit because file_get_contents can take a while depending on server load and where you are grabbing the file from.  I'm not sure what the answer is, but I don't think looking for an input element on the page is the most efficient way to go about it.

[Exoon]

What else can you suggest?

 

Im checking active links on FileServe

[ober]

A quick google search turned up this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/244506/how-do-i-check-for-valid-not-dead-links-programatically-using-php

[Exoon]

Hello,

 

I looked at somthing like this but the problem is when a file isnt alive on FileServe the site still works, It just gives an error saying the link is no longer avilalable.

 

Any other ideas?

[ober]

You should be able to read that error and know your result then.