Re: [PHP] Checking url validation

Try an extra layer of parens: if (($fp = fopen(http://www.anyurl.com;, r) == NULL) { echo not valid; } else { echo this is a valid url; } Roberts, Mark wrote: I am using the following to verify a url: if (!$fp = fopen(http://www.anyurl.com;, r)) { echo not valid; }

Re: [PHP] Checking url validation

Oops ... That's not balanced. Add another ) at the end of the if. /bsh/ Billy S Halsey wrote: Try an extra layer of parens: if (($fp = fopen(http://www.anyurl.com;, r) == NULL) { echo not valid; } else { echo this is a valid url; } Roberts, Mark wrote: I am using the

RE: [PHP] checking url

well, you can try fsockopen. see it on php.net/fsockopen it will even return you an error if not connected. start from the example describing the function on PHP.net/fsockopen (did I misspelled it?) Sincerely, Maxim Maletsky Founder, Chief Developer PHPBeginner.com (Where PHP Begins)

Re: [PHP] checking url

Hi Dmitry, In case you want a regular expression to check if it is a valid url you can try this... $url = yoururl; if(empty($url) !eregi(^http://[A-Za-z0-9\%\?\_\:\~\/\.-]+$,$url)) $errmsg=$url doesn't look like a valid URL\n; I hope this helps. Subodh Gupta I have learned, Joy is not

Re: [PHP] checking url

How do you mean, check? Do you want to use a regular expression to see if it's a valid URL, or do you want to open a connection to it and see if the site actually exists? -- Plutarck Should be working on something... ...but forgot what it was. Dmitry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL