[PHP] how to check this url is image url?

Question

hi! i have some problem.

I need to check the url is image url or not? How can i do this?

Example : if i put http://www.google.com/ is not image url.

but if i put http://www.google.com/profiles/c/photos/private/AIbEiAIAAABECK386sLjh92M4AEiC3ZjYXJkX3Bob3RvKigyOTEzMmFmMDI5ODQ3MzQxNWQxY2VlYjYwYmE2ZTA4YzFhNDhlMjBmMAEFQ7chSa4PMFM0qw02kilNVE1Hpw or http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/worlds-strongest-dog.jpg is is image url.

Answer 1

$ext = strtolower(end(explode('.', $filename)));
switch($ext)
{
case 'jpg':
///Blah
break;
}

Hard version (just trying)

//Turn off E_NOTICE reporting first
if(getimagesize($url) !== false)
{
//Image
}

Answer 2

i think that the idea is to get a content of the header url via curl

and check the headers

After calling curl_exec() to get a web page, call curl_getinfo() to get the content type string from the HTTP header

look how to do it in this link :

http://nadeausoftware.com/articles/2007/06/php_tip_how_get_web_page_content_type#IfyouareusingCURL

Answer 3

If you want to be absolutely sure, and your PHP is enabled for remote connections, you can just use

getimagesize('url');

If it returns an array, it is an image type recognized by PHP, even if the image extension is not in the url (per your second link). You have to keep in mind that this method will make a remote connection for each request, so perhaps cache urls that you already probed in a database to lower connections.

Answer 4

You can send a HEAD request to the server and then check the Content-type. This way you at least know what the server "thinks" what the type is.