note 51843 added to function.fopen

here a suggestion for a time out when using a url. in stead of using fopen en fread with pcntl (if compiled within your php), it is easier to use the curl function available on linux distributions. example: function saveURL2Disk($url, $filename) { // the microtime_float function is defined on the php website $start=microtime_float(); // the timeout in seconds $timeout=10; // a system call to the curl function (see man curl) $res=system("curl -m $timeout $url > $filename", $retVal); $end=microtime_float(); $duration=$end-$start; if ($duration < $timeout) $filesize=filesize($filename); else $filesize=0; // the returning filesize could be used as an identifier for succesful download return $filesize; } $filesize=saveURL2Disk('http://www.2question.com/index.html', '/tmp/out.html') kind regards, theo theunissen ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+51843 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51843&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51843&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51843&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51843&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51843&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+51843&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php