Counting number of links on a page

I am trying to count the number of links on a page. That is every link, internal, external etc. I have been trying but cant seem to figure it out. I already have the box where I can input the URL of the page I want to check but cant get the result.

Does anyone know how to solve this?

 

You will need to do the following:
1. file_get_contents of the URL
2. preg_match_all to extract the links on the page (using a proper link regex)
3. get the count of links

 

Thanks for the reply. I dont suppose you know where I can find an exmaple of similar code?

 

You can do it bit by bit.
I mean you will easily find examples for every step I mentioned even on php.net itself.

 

OK cool I will take a look. Thanks

 

You can perform a Google search using the link: operator to find a sampling of links to Your site.

 

I am hoping to use this to check multiple pages and provide a count of the links, not just see a list of them. This will be used as part of a larger tool so it needs to be incorporated into a larger script. Thanks for the reply though.

 

OK problem solved