Re: simpleXML - simplexml_load_file() timeout?

quoth the Richard Lynch: > Perhaps, then, you should: > maintain a list of URLs and acceptable "age" of feed. > Attempt to snag the new content upon visit, if the content is "old" > Show the "old" content if the feed takes longer than X seconds. I really do like this idea, as I would rather use an old feed than just print "Feed unavailable" as I have it now. > You'll STILL need a timeout, which, unfortunately, means you are stuck > rolling your own solution with http://php.net/fsockopen because > all > the "simple" solutions pretty much suck in terms of network timeout. > > :-( > > It would be REALLY NIFTY if fopen and friends which understand all > those protocols of HTTP FTP HTTPS and so on, allowed one to set a > timeout for URLs, but they don't and nobody with the skills to change > that (not me) seems even mildly interested. :-( :-( :-( I am interested, but I don't have the skills either... > Since I've already written a class that does something like what you > want, or maybe even exactly what you want, I might as well just > provide the source, eh? > > http://l-i-e.com/FeedMulti/FeedMulti.phps Thanks for that, it looks like interesting code, if not a little over my head. I am just a duffer here. I will certainly play with it some more. As for curl, I realized I didn't add curl support myself, so I am rebuilding PHP now... When I do get something figured out I will post results here. Problem is, with either method I need to find a feed that is slow to test with. If I test it with a bunk url it will just 404 immediately right? Is there a way to simulate a slow connection? > -- > Like Music? > http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm Thanks a lot for the help, everybody! -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972

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