Link checker

[Nevermore]

You might want to talk to Pyro about that - as I said, I'm not brilliant with RegExps. Are you looping through each line looking for things, then printing the contents of the variable? That's what I would try.

[Jona]

Well, all I know is this ereg/preg_match/preg_match_all stuff gets quite confusing--more so when it doesn't work as expected. lol

[Nevermore]

Can you use require() on a file that is on a different server?

[Jona]

I've never tried (or used) it, how's the syntax? require("http://myotherothersite.com/myfile.php"); right?

[Nevermore]

That's it; if that works then you could grab other files.

[Jona]

Hmmm... It's an idea. Hold on let me test it.

[AdamGundry]

Yes, and it should work as long as allow-url-fopen is set on the server. (I just checked the docs).

Adam

[Jona]

Yes, it does work. That's neat.. Now about getting all of the URLs in it...

[Nevermore]

I'm starting to think you may have to go via CGI...

[Jona]

That's a possibility. Man, I sure wanted to use PHP, though. It's so much easier to find a free server that way. *Sigh*

CGI is more powerful than PHP, though, isn't it? It's also quite a bit harder... Well, not too hard, but the syntax is a bit different.... And you have to learn how to, "move around" in it.

[Nevermore]

If you want to find a free web host, try http://www.clickherefree.com. It's a free database of free web hosts. freewebspace.net is another (I think).

[Jona]

Don't worry about me, I can find one for free. lol I've been practicing that for over a year now. lol

[Nevermore]

Yeah, I've been through geocities, IT3, brinkster, Tripod and only recently have moved on to paying for hosting - at the moment I'm hosting my own, but I'm probably going to move to colocation soon.

[Jona]

That's cool.

[Nevermore]

If you don't need anything that Bravenet isn't already giving you, Brinkster might be better for you. They offer MySQL and ASP, put no ads on your pages, and are free.