Re: Sub Newbie Question On Error Message

Yep, that worked a treat thanks. All those danged those brackets are what keep tripping me up. The fog is lifting :-) I'll now go back to lurking and see what else I can learn. Regards, Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Toby Butzon <php-lists@imawebdesigner.com> To: Dave Stewart <dexter@ihug.co.nz>; PHP (General) <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Sub Newbie Question On Error Message > Take a look at the changes I made to your original post; this assumes that > the file isn't there until results are posted - hope that's the case ;) > > --Toby > > > <? > if ($file = fopen("http://www.ourheadoffice.co.nz/results/race01.html", > "r")) { > > $rf = fread($file, 200000); > > $grab = eregi("<tr bgcolor=\"#CCFF99\">(.*)</html>", $rf, $printing); > > fclose($file); > > echo "<table><tr>"; > > echo $printing[1]; > } else { > echo "Results will be available after the event."; > } > > ?> > > >