Well, you might want to do it with curl, you might want to write your own socketscript, or your just check the return variable of file_get_contents() - it'll be false on failure and it won't try to get an invalid URL forever. Guess the error is somewhere else, when your script continues indefinitely. I'm using theis function in that way with a daily cronjob, and the remote server isn't so stable... trust me. ;) But setting the timeout can be done in php.ini or like suggested on the php.net manual: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php#82527 byebye 2009/4/7 Skip Evans <skip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hey all, > > I'm doing some maintenance work on an existing system and there is a piece > of code that uses file_get_contents() to read data from a URL, which is fine > in theory I suppose. > > But the problem is sometimes the server where that URL lives is not > available, and the system hangs indefinitely. > > Shouldn't this be done with curl, and if so can it be done so that the call > will time out and return control back when the server is not available? > > Any other recommendations? > > I just came across this code and it's one of the client's biggest > complaints. > > -- > ==================================== > Skip Evans > Big Sky Penguin, LLC > 503 S Baldwin St, #1 > Madison WI 53703 > 608.250.2720 > http://bigskypenguin.com > ------------------------------------ > Those of you who believe in > telekinesis, raise my hand. > -- Kurt Vonnegut > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
