Re: file() problems [newbie]

Seems to me it'd be a networking problem, but it seems odd that the server hangs. Perhaps next time you get a hang, you could telnet into the BSD box, and attempt to ping the domain? <guess>It might also be something to do with file locking or restricting access on the file's server???</quote> Justin on 08/05/03 4:19 AM, MVCS (info@mesilla.com) wrote: > Trying some simple fopen() and file() on our FreeBSD machine > (php v4.0.6), and am running into the most irritating problem. > > When using file() to get a tiny remote text file (via HTTP), sometimes the > damn thing works, and later on that day, it doesn't... no error though, just > a never-ending hang. Sometimes it actually succeeds, after hanging for 2+ > minutes... > > I know I should probably just set up a cron job to wget this text file, but > this way really should work too: > > <?php > > $weather = file > ('http://a.small.four/line/textfile.txt'); > > echo $weather[0]; > echo $weather[1]; > echo $weather[2]; > echo $weather[3]; > > ?> > > etc... > > I know it's an oversimplified example, but it _should_ work, and it _does_ > work, but then it wont work for a few hours, then it will... > > (the small text file is always present on the remote server, so that's not > the issue) > > Comments? Help? Please? :) > >