use fsockopen http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fsockopen.php to \"talk\" to the remote host.
>Is there a way for PHP to attempt to open a URL and return > the HTTP response >header? > For example, I want to make a PHP page which will redirect a visitor to a > mirror site if it encounters a 404 Not found error whilst > trying to open the >website homepage. This test page will reside on a seperate server. > I was thinking maybe attempting to open the homepage with > something like fopen() >and, using nested if() statements, > try the next mirror in the list > if the fopen() command didnt succeed. > Any ideas? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]