Re: Test if URL is alive before including a remote JS
| From: | Kevin Stone | Date: | Tue, 02 Jul 2002 20:35:11 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Test if URL is alive before including a remote JS | ||
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It's good programming ediquite but not required. All fclose does is destroy
the handle which will be lost when the script terminates.. same difference.
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Verdon Vaillancourt" <verdon@mac.com>
To: "Kevin Stone" <kevin@helpelf.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Test if URL is alive before including a remote JS
> Thanks Kevin,
>
> Do I need to include 'fclose ($fp);' in there somewhere in this case?
>
>
> On 7/2/02 3:41 PM, "Kevin Stone" <kevin@helpelf.com> wrote:
>
> > Or just fopen() would work fine.
> > -Kevin
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> Hi :)
> >>
> >> Given I have some content embedded on my page by calling a remote JS
and
> >> occasionally the URL for the remote script is down causing my page to
be
> >> slow or fail, can I use the following example as a means to test and
> > timeout
> >> the remote server and skip the embedded JS, if the remote server isn't
> >> responding properly?
> >>
> >> <?php
> >> $fp = fsockopen ("www.theweathernetwork.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 5);
> >> if (!$fp) {
> >> echo "sorry, not available";
> >> } else {
> >> echo "<script language=\"JavaScript\"
> >> type=\"text/javascript\">
> >> <!-- var city = \"Muskoka_ON\"; //-->
> >> </script>
> >> <script language=\"javascript\"
> >> type=\"text/javascript\"
> >>
src=\"http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weatherbutton/test.js\">
> >> </script>";
> >>
> >> }
> >> ?>
>
>
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