How to check if a url exists on my own website

Question

I need to check if a url exists in a module that I am creating. How should I go about doing this? I tried to use a @get_headers() function with php, but sadly that doesn't work. I am wondering if there is a built in drupal function that I can use?

Answer 1

This is what fixed it:

if (!drupal_valid_path($path)) {
  // Not a system URL.
  if (!drupal_lookup_path('source', $path))  {
    // Not a path alias.
    // $path does not exist.
  }
}

Where $path is a relative url.

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