Re: Exception handling with file()

On Mon, February 11, 2008 6:34 am, John Papas wrote: > I need to open a remote file with file() and I would like to put it > inside a try-catch but as far as I can tell file() does not raise an > exception if it fails. The following code: > > try { > $data = file('http://myserver.com/myfile.txt'); > $date = substr($data, 0); > } catch (Exception $e) { > $data = "it failed"; > } > > echo $data; > > echoes a warning: > > Warning: file('http://myserver.com/myfile.txt') > [function.file]: > failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found > in..... Old-school PHP functions do not (and will not) raise exceptions. Use http://php.net/set_error_handler -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?