If you want to use older functions without upgrading your version of PHP, try PHP_Compat. Here's file_get_contents which is comparable in speed to the native version: http://cvs.php.net/co.php/pear/PHP_Compat/Compat/Function/file_get_contents.php?r=1.19 Most information can be found at http://pear.php.net/php_compat "Mag" <genphp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:20041011154009.4128.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Hey, > >> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 07:24:03 -0700 (PDT), Mag >> <genphp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > $url=file_get_contents("http://www.yahoo.com/";); >> > >> > The thing is, it takes quite some time (2-5 secs) >> > before the contents are in my program (I am using >> my >> > local webserver on my desktop for testing...not a >> > webserver) >> > >> > My questions are for you more experienced guys... >> > is there anyway to 'quicken' the process or is >> this >> > normal? >> > do you recommend anything other than >> > file_get_contents() ? >> > and lastly, is this a resource intensive hog? > > > >> The 2-5 seconds is most likely a DNS lookup. You >> can speed it up by >> using a local caching DNS server or the IP address, >> or possibly a DNS >> server under less load. > > > Thats kind of what I thought, but wanted to confirm. > > >> file_get_contents() is fairly new and and therefore >> not very backwards >> compatible with older PHP installs as a result. >> It's handy and all, >> but I found our production servers were running a >> PHP too old to use >> it one day last week when I tried. > > Interesting, so what is more backwards compatable? or > to put it in another way, what did you change on your > servers so that your app worked without > file_get_contents? > > Thanks, > Mag > > ===== > ------ > - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. > - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! > - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
