fred whitridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have been successfully using a script which goes out to an http server
> which redirects to an https server. This script is getting account balance
> information.
>
> Frequently, the server on the other end is down. It used to just fail.
> Now, rather than a redirect there seems to be a "refresh":
>
> <meta http-equiv=refresh content="0;url='/account/unavailable/index.html'">
>
> is there a way to trap for this so I can halt my program? When the other
> end is up I go thru:
>
> while ($response->is_redirect) {
>
> without a problem.
I guess you could also test for ($response->header("Refresh")). The
meta element will show up as the "Refresh" header in the response
unless you turn off head parsing in the $ua.
Regards,
Gisle
