Best way to validate/download download/validate remote img file

PHP
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greeting everybody

Im building a simple php aplication for my website that requires visitors to enter the url of an image on the internet which my script will then download to my local server so that the visitor can manipulate the image with the gd library…

my question is…

what would be the best way to validate that a) the file exists, b) that the file is actually an image.

is it possible to do the validation without first downloading the image?

I know that maliscious code can be embedded in images so ideally i would like to do the validation remotely but any guidance on the best method would be appreciated

thanks

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Have a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6185669/malicious-code-through-image-upload

You’ll still have to bring the file local. Delete the file if it returns false.