Hello,

I am trying to efficiently detect if file exist at the specific URL where
URL points to a completely different web server than where the script is
being run at. I need constatnly check for a log file on another server and I
need my script to detect that file there exists when the script checks for
it. Right now I have the only way to see if file exists only by downloading
the whole file with the following piece of code:

ob_start();
$file = @readfile($url);
$contents = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

and see if read was empty or not. Problem is that if the log will happen to
be a few megs then the alarm will be delayes since it will take a few mins
to download the whole file first. Is there a more efficient way to check for
existence of the file on the remote webserver without downloading the file
and checking for the length?

I'd take any idea you might have. Thanks.

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 03:27:21 GMT, "Hello" <[Email Removed]> 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.

After thinking a bit, I came up with this code (some parts were removed for
clarity):

$handle = @fopen($url, 'r');
if ($handle===false) { //not on server }
else fclose($handle); //on server

If anyone has any ideas or other ways, I am all ears.

Thanks.


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Hello wrote: