anatak Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Is it possible to check if a url (link) is still active ? I was thinking maybe you can check a link with a http response request and check what you get back ? so when you get a 404 page not found response you can mark that link to be deleted or something like that. I am not sure if I am making myself clear. anatak Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/78394-checking-links/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orio Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 You can try using get_headers(), or using the cURL library. Orio. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/78394-checking-links/#findComment-396789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azu Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Is it possible to check if a url (link) is still active ? I was thinking maybe you can check a link with a http response request and check what you get back ? so when you get a 404 page not found response you can mark that link to be deleted or something like that. I am not sure if I am making myself clear. anatak Probably better to do it whitelist based instead of blacklist based. Like if the response is 200 then mark it as valid, if not then mark it as invalid. And if it's 301 or 302 then test the URL in the location header. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/78394-checking-links/#findComment-396795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
anatak Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 thank you I ll look into the get_headers() to see if I can work it out. Probably I'll be back for more help later. anatak Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/78394-checking-links/#findComment-397870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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