how about something like...
$start = time();
$timeout = 60; // number of seconds to try
while (!$file = fopen("...") && time() < $start + $timeout);
if ($file)
{ // do stuff with file
}
Tim Ward
http://www.chessish.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 7:32 PM
Subject: [PHP] fopen have a "setTimeout" feature?
Can you set something like a "setTimeout" feature in fopen? That is, if you
use fopen to open a URL for "scraping", if that URL's server is down or
doesn't respond in x seconds, can you set a feature to show an error message
or a "friendly" error message indicating such?
Thanx
Phil
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