RE: [PHP] How to set a timeout limit for a call of a connection?

> I have a script in which there is a call to open a remote file: > > fopen ("http://www.somewhere.com/file.php?foo=bar", > "r"); > > Sometimes if www.somewhere.com is down, it will stuck at the function > for very long a time. I hope to setup a timeout limit for this function > (just > this), so that it won't stay very long to wait for a result, but just quit > if the > call take a time longer than timeout limit, and then go on for next steps. You can't control the timeout with fopen(). Try looking at fsockopen(). You can set a timeout for that. ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/