Part of my site requires user to input URLs, but in case they type the URL incorrectly or just input a non-existent one on purpose I end up with a bad record on my database.
- E.G in Chrome if there isn't anything at a URL you get the error message "Oops! Google Chrome could not find fdsafadsfadsf.com". (this is the case I'm referring)
This could be solved by checking the URL to see if there is anything, I can only think of one which is loading the external URL in a PHP file and then parsing it's content. But I hope there is a method that doesn't put unneeded strain on my server.
What other ways exist to check if there is anything at a particular URL?
