fopen time-out

Discussion in 'PHP' started by pcdoc, May 18, 2006.

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  1. #1
    Simple code, of course works fine

    $fp = @fopen($url,"r")
    or exit();

    But, I need more.

    Having searched here and web-wide, can't find a good answer, tried a few, no luck.

    I am wanting to time-out (a simple exit() or die() will suffice) if the $url (or contents) is unreachable.

    It's got me stumped.
     
    pcdoc, May 18, 2006 IP
  2. TheHoff

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    I normally do it with a local cache.. that way you can use your cache if the file is unreachable..

    
$filename = "/home/public_html/cache/filecache.inc.php";

$remotefile = "http://www.remotesite.com/remotefile.html";

if (rand(0,20)==1)
{

        if($newdata = @file_get_contents($remotefile))
        {

        
                $filepointer = fopen($filename, "w");
                fputs ($filepointer,$newdata);
                fclose ($filepointer);
        }
}

$finalvariable = file_get_contents($filename);
    PHP:
     
    TheHoff, May 18, 2006 IP