php- how to disable warning on file_get_contents

Hi,

I'm facing this scenario:

1. User inputs URL
2. I have to check and return if URL exists

How to do that?
I came up with this

error_reporting(0);
if (file_get_contents($file)) return 'file exists'
else return 'file doesnt exist' ;

Code (markup):

Since file_get_contents, much like fopen and other file functions throws a warning if file doesn't exist I had to put

error_reporting(0)

Code (markup):

if front of it.

Does anyone know of a better way to disable warning on file_get_contents?

BR Gregor

 

Error suppression.

return (@file_get_contents($file)) ? 'file exists' : 'file doesnt exist' ;

PHP:

 

$url = 'http://www.allaboutturkey.com';
   
      $handle = @fopen($url,'r');
   
      if($handle !== false){
   
      echo 'Exists';
   
      }
   
      else{
   
      echo "Doesn't";
   
      }

PHP:

 

it works, thx.