Sorry, your code produced this error and I can't figure out how to debug it :(
Warning: fopen("http://www3.brinkster.com/soa/val/profile/display.asp?showLeftNavBann er=1","r") - Error 0 in /users/ppowell/web/profiledisplay.php on line 4 Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Phil Powell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] fopen have a "setTimeout" feature? > 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 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- 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 > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php