Back link checker

[roadrunner]

Hi can someone point me in he right direction so im able to create a little script that will check back links are active ?

I run a directory which requires a link back to the directory or their site gets removed.

Problem is it takes hours of clicking to check my link is still displayed on the sites.

Is there a way to make this simple ?

Thanks
RR

roadrunner Reviewed by roadrunner on 17th Jun 2012. Back link checker Hi can someone point me in he right direction so im able to create a little script that will check back links are active ? I run a directory which requires a link back to the directory or their site gets removed. Problem is it takes hours of clicking to check my link is still displayed on the sites. Is there a way to make this simple ? Thanks RR Rating: 5

[Whoo]

<?php
foreach ($domain as $d) {
  $content = file_get_contents($d); // where $d is the url
  if (stristr($content, "your url here")) {
    // all good
  }else{
    echo $d . ' does not have a backlink' . PHP_EOL;
  }
}

It's really basic what ive written above, but it should be ok for the first version

Add curl multi exec in the next version with auto emailing, ...

[deliteblogger]

The code in the previous reply is the most simple solution, but maybe you should also check if it's actually a link (url inside an <a href="" tag), that it's not set to nofollow, etc.