Posted by Lars Eighner on 11/15/07 10:38

In our last episode,
<1194951649.555713.91490@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
the lovely and talented AK
broadcast on comp.lang.php:

> Hi,

> Can anyone tell me how to connect to a URL using PHP for the purpose
> of obtaining the HTTP response code? Specifically, I want to be able
> to ascertain whether a link is down (404) or alive.

> A bare-bones example would be appreciated.

> Thanks!

Is there some reason searching the manual index on 'http' did not turn up
http_head for you?

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