Posted by Colin McKinnon on 07/11/05 12:01

Hello wrote:

> No, that function can only be applied to a same server where the script is
> being run off, it will not do anything to a remote server.

>> Does
>> http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.file-exists.php
>> help?

HTTP provides for this (HEAD). IIRC this is not directly accessible via the
the file wrappers. It is possible via the command line version of curl - so
I'm guessing it's possible with libcurl too.

HTH

C.

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