On Saturday 30 November 2002 21:40, Rob Packer wrote:
> Well, the reason I didn't do that at first was that I could have done any
> of the methods that I've tried incorrectly, which is why I figured I'd ask
> what works and then focus on that method... but, I've tried to ping them,
> use fopen, and use fsocketopen... but nothing says that I've used any of
> them the way I should have :) I also tried to use the scripts that I found
> at hotscripts.com but I always seem to get inconsistent results and it must
> be accurate.
Investigate the use of file(). It should be the most reliable indicator of
whether or not a link is valid.
Using ping on it's own doesn't really help much. A server may be configured to
ignore ping requests. And even if a server responds to a ping request it
doesn't mean the webserver is up and running.
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