Re: fopen warning error message

@ sign is your friend. if ($file = @fopen('...', 'r')) { } else { } -- Chris Lee Mediawaveonline.com lee@mediawaveonline.com ""Ade Smith"" <ade@stormbreaker.com> wrote in message news:NDBBKNBNILDDDJNONEHNKELLDMAA.ade@stormbreaker.com... > Hi > > I am trying to open a file which exists remotely(code works), but there may > be times when it may not exist, however when I change the url so that it > purposely doesn't exist to test this situation I get an error message like > the following: > > Warning: fopen("<remote_url>","r") - No error in test.php on line 5 > > How can I prevent this error message appearing and let my error checking > below deal with it ? > Here is my code: > > if(!$file = fopen("<remote_url>", "r")): > echo"could not open remote file"; > else: > <page code> > endif; > > > Many Thanks > > Ade > ------------------------------------- > ade@stormbreaker.com > ------------------------------------- > >