Re[2]: [PHP] problem in fopen

Hi JW> On Tuesday 20 May 2003 15:25, HPS wrote: >> i tried to get some data from a remote website by using fopen(). >> >> $data_path = http://www.mysite.com/data.txt"; >> $fp = @fopen ($data_path, "r"); >> >> The script works fine if the remove site (http://www.mysite.com/data.txt) >> is up and accessible. >> However, the script take a very long time to run if the server is down. >> >> Is it possible to add any time constraint in the script such that the >> fopen() operation will abort, say, after 10 seconds ? >> Or any alternative suggestion? I would recommend you to use curl functions -- Regards Anton