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Using .htaccess 
- .htaccess Basics Mar 9, 2006
- Domain & subdomain pointing May 12, 2005
- Automatic subdomains Jun 17, 2007
- Undefined subdomains Jul 20, 2008
- Prevent direct access to a pointer or subdomain directory Aug 15, 2006
- Forcing or eliminating the WWW. Feb 9, 2005
- Fixing the trailing slash problem May 11, 2005
- Friendly URLs Mar 21, 2007
- Rewrites and https Dec 18, 2007
- Blocking traffic to your website Jan 2, 2005
- Anti-leech May 25, 2005
- Fancy default index page Jan 25, 2005
Using .htaccess/.htpasswd Password Protection 
- Setting up password protection Feb 9, 2005
- Encrypt your password for .htpasswd Dec 21, 2007
- Auto Password Change and Email Notification Dec 21, 2007
php5 - Auto generate .htpasswd file Dec 18, 2007 php5
- Passing user authentication information to PHP Jun 13, 2004
Coding Tips 
- HTML "One Liners" Nov 13, 2005
- PHP "One Liners" Sep 8, 2008
- JavaScript "One Liners" Aug 25, 2007
- CSS examples Sep 9, 2006
- SQL coding examples Aug 29, 2006
- AJAX example Sep 24, 2006
Uploads and Downloads 
- File Upload Script Dec 20, 2007 php5
- Custom Download Page Dec 14, 2007 php5
- Tracking and Securing Downloads Dec 20, 2007 php5
Mail 
- Form Mail Aug 19, 2007
- Obfuscate your email address Nov 12, 2006
- Read and auto-process mail Nov 12, 2004
- Auto-responder Dec 18, 2007 php5
- Display your email message count Jul 30, 2004
- Setting up SPF Records November 11, 2008
- Specify a return-path for generated mail Jul 18, 2006
Working with Images 
- Watermark images Jul 14, 2007
- Resize images (create thumbnails) Jul 14, 2007
Frequently Requested Website Functionality 
- Visitor Counter Dec 14, 2007 php5
- 404 Error Page (with reporting and logging) Dec 20, 2007 php5
- CAPTCHA Aug 19, 2006
- Poll (voting) Dec 17, 2007 php5 see it on this page
- Weather Jul 27, 2008 php5
- FAQ Page May 23, 2005
- Random/weighted banners, quotes & more Feb 9, 2005
- Load a random image (simple) Jan 20, 2004
- Image (banner) rotation Oct 15, 2007
- Simple "members only" pages May 13, 2005
- Replace banned words Apr 5, 2007
- Get the most recent file date Jan 30, 2006
- Moving (bouncing) Image Nov 10, 2005
- Sticky default values for an input Oct 22, 2006
Using PHP 
- Creating a custom php.ini file Dec 18, 2007 php5
- Copying the php.ini file Dec 18, 2007 php5
- Deleteing php.ini files Dec 18, 2007 php5
- Clean up your PHP scripts Nov 11, 2005
- Regular Expression Rules Mar 22, 2006
Website Managment 
- Tips for keeping your website secure Jan 24, 2006
- Using Cron Sep 13, 2005
- Website Monitoring Dec 19, 2007
- Automated Site Backups Dec 19, 2007
- Automated MySQL Backups Dec 19, 2007
- Server-to-server file transfer December 16, 2006
- MySQL Error Notification Dec 20, 2007
- Find File and Directory Sizes Dec 14, 2007 php5
- Deleting session files Aug 9, 2006
- FTP made easy Mar 1, 2006
- Search and Replace Dec 14, 2007 php5
Other Tips 
- URL Validation Feb 8, 2008
- Stop direct links to web pages Jan 22, 2004
- Ensure your page is not opened in a frame May 5, 2005
- Masking your URL in the Address Bar Jul 20, 2004
- Ban or allow IP Addresses (without using .htaccess) Jan 19, 20008
- Using Cookies Sep 24, 2006
- View your website in different resolutions Jan 2, 2005
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URL Validation
This script will allow you to validate a url (link). It can be used to validate an input value in a form or any other time you need to determine if a url is valid. If the url does not start with http:// it will be added. There is also a parameter (set to true in the script) for following redirects.You can download this script as a .txt file. Remember to rename the file as a .php file.
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<?php
$link = "google.com";
function http_file_status($url, $followRedirects = true) {
$url_parsed = parse_url($url);
if (empty($url_parsed['scheme'])) $url_parsed = parse_url('http://'.$url);
extract($url_parsed);
if (empty($port)) $port = 80;
if (empty($path)) $path = '/';
if (!empty($query)) $path .= '?'.$query;
$out = "HEAD $path HTTP/1.0\r\n";
$out .= "Host: $host\r\n";
$out .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n";
if (!$fp = @fsockopen($host, $port, $es, $en, 5)) return false;
fwrite($fp, $out);
while (!feof($fp)) {
$s = fgets($fp, 128);
if (($followRedirects) && (preg_match('/^Location:(.*)/i', $s, $matches))) {
fclose($fp);
return http_file_status(trim($matches[1]));
}
if (preg_match('@HTTP[/]1[.][01x][\s]{1,}([1-5][01][0-9])[\s].*$@', $s, $matches)) $status = $matches[1];
}
fclose($fp);
if (!empty($status)) return $status;
return false;
}
if (preg_match("(^(http://)?([-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,4}$)i",$link)) {
$url_parsed = @parse_url($link);
if (empty($url_parsed['scheme'])) $link = 'http://' . $link;
if (empty($url_parsed['path'])) $link = $link . "/";
if (http_file_status($link) != "200") echo "Invalid link address"; else echo "Valid link address";
} else echo "Invalid url format";
?>
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