From: Chris Payne [mailto:cjp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > I do have a final question, had a look online but couldn't find > what I needed. It's hard to explain why, but basically > individuals have my program on their HD, the DB is on their HD > etc .... And it connects on startup to a remote server to check > the latest version number so they can then download if a new > one is available (Which I package using MS.net's installer > system for distribution), Anyway, what I want to know is, how > can I get a NICE error message IF they aren't connected to the > net when they launch the software on their machine? Currently > I get a nasty message, but I'd like to replace it with > something like "Please make sure you are connected to the > Internet" or something like that? I know the OR DIE command, > but that doesn't work with connection failures. I think what you're looking to do is suppress the PHP/DB error and supply your own. What you want to do is preprend the db connection function with `@' and add your own upon failure -- something like this: <? $dbh = @mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass); if (!$dbh) { echo "Please make sure you are connected to the Internet"; exit; } ?> The only problem with this is that it'll fail with the same error message if their internet connection is fine but $dbhost is unavailable. I'm not entirely certain if PHP can gracefully detect a local internet connection, actually. For your purposes, though, this should do the job. HTH! -- Mike Johnson Smarter Living, Inc. Web Developer www.smarterliving.com mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (617) 886-5539 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
