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sde · 12-20-2002, 11:22 AM

im using content on one of my sites that pulls from an external server.

sometimes that external server's httpd service isn't working that great.

is there a way to test for a page before trying to read it? i can do a file_exists, but the problem is that i don't want to make them wait until it times out. i want it to print an error after about 5 seconds of the external server not responding.

any ideas?

12-20-2002, 11:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
sde Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: us.ca Posts: 4,505	using external content im using content on one of my sites that pulls from an external server. sometimes that external server's httpd service isn't working that great. is there a way to test for a page before trying to read it? i can do a file_exists, but the problem is that i don't want to make them wait until it times out. i want it to print an error after about 5 seconds of the external server not responding. any ideas?