note 16887 added to function.fopen

I was looking for a nice way of testing if a url is valid (ie. no '404 file not found' error returned) here's my actual version: function checkurl($url) { if ( $url ){ // if url exists urlencode($url); // transforms special characters in url $file = @fopen("$url", "r"); // @ suppresses error printing output if (!$file) $file = @fopen("$url/","r"); // add a trailing / if the url doesn't work if ( $file ){ // if file exists $isValid = true; // then it's valid } else { $isValid = false; } @fclose($file); } else { $isValid = false; } return $isValid; } -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+16887 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+16887 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+16887