To keep it short and sweet today, the following is a PHP function that will check the input for a valid URL, and will also check to see if it is responding (ie: returning Status: 200 OK).
Update: As of mid-2017, it appears ThemeLab no longer exists. If you wish to view an archived version of the post, you can do so here. Want to restrict your WordPress Admin area access? I’ve written a guest post for ThemeLab.com on how to restrict the wp-admin (WordPress Admin) area access by IP address. I … Read more
Howdy folks, and welcome! Eric Sizemore here, aka SecondVersion, aka SecondV. I originally started a blog on Blogger back in 2005, and then moved to WordPress. After four years of blogging I decided to call it quits a couple months ago. But, here I am again! This will be as a hobby this time though … Read more