From: Andy Shellam >> >> I'm confused... what's the problem with just trying to hit >> the update server? If you can then you check for updates, if >> not then you, erm, don't. Simples, no? > > True, I think I said this same thing in a previous post - I > suggested the DNS option if all the OP wanted to do was check > if an Internet connection was there. And I was pointing out that this would not be a valid test when there is a caching DNS on the LAN. Too much of the conversation and most of the attribution was stripped too early for this to be coherent. Bob McConnell -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
