incrementVisits(); } catch(Exception $e) {} } function applyCorrectProtocol($url, $protocol) : string { if (str_contains($url, $protocol)) { return $url; } return $protocol . $url; } function doesWebsiteExist($url) : bool { // Check if the site exists with https $https_url = applyCorrectProtocol($url, "https://"); if ($https_url != $url) { $url_headers = @get_headers($https_url); if ($url_headers && $url_headers[0] != 'HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found') { return true; } } // Check if the site exists with http $http_url = applyCorrectProtocol($url, "http://"); if ($http_url != $url) { $url_headers = @get_headers($http_url); if ($url_headers && $url_headers[0] != 'HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found') { return true; } } // Check if the site exists as is // Will take effect when the user has entered the https/http protocol with the site $url_headers = @get_headers($url); if ($url_headers && $url_headers[0] != 'HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found') { return true; } return false; }