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benchivers
Novice

Sep 23, 2002, 7:24 AM

Post #1 of 5 (317 views)

External Link Verification	Can't Post

Hi,

I am trying to create an external link verification program, I have created it so that it checks all of the internal links, but how can I check an external link? What function do I use?

e.g checking the whether the following URL really does exist:
http://www.benchivers.co.uk/index.html

Any help would be most appreciated!

Many Thanks in Advanced,
Ben Chivers
Wheres the damn coffee? zzzZZZZZ!!!

davorg
Thaumaturge / Moderator

Sep 23, 2002, 11:06 AM

Post #2 of 5 (314 views)

Re: [benchivers] External Link Verification [In reply to]	Can't Post

Easiest way is probably to use the "head" function from LWP::Simple.

Code

foreach (@urls) { 
  if (head $_) { 
    print "$_ is active\n"; 
  } else { 
    print "$_ is dead\n"; 
  } 
}

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benchivers
Novice

Sep 23, 2002, 1:27 PM

Post #3 of 5 (312 views)

Re: [davorg] External Link Verification [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thanks for the reply Dave, but is there anyway to test the external link without having any special modules installed on the web server, is there a simple gethost function or something similar which will work?

Cheers,
Ben Chivers
Wheres the damn coffee? zzzZZZZZ!!!

davorg
Thaumaturge / Moderator

Sep 23, 2002, 1:33 PM

Post #4 of 5 (311 views)

Re: [benchivers] External Link Verification [In reply to]	Can't Post

I'm afraid that is the simple function :)

Installing the LWP modules is your best bet.

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Dave Cross, Perl Hacker, Trainer and Writer
http://www.dave.org.uk/
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benchivers
Novice

Sep 24, 2002, 2:38 PM

Post #5 of 5 (303 views)

Re: [davorg] External Link Verification [In reply to]	Can't Post

Ok, Cheers
Wheres the damn coffee? zzzZZZZZ!!!

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