> if( !($fd = @fopen($ftp_url, "r")) ){
> $error = true;
> $error_msg = "Unable to connect to server.";
> }
> else {
> $file_contents = fread($fd, 100000);
> fclose($fd);
> }
>
> if( empty($file_contents) ){
> $error = true;
> $error_msg = "Did not read file.";
> }
>
>
> The problem is that the fread doesn't always succeed; about about half
> the time the $file_contents string tests as empty. There is never a
> problem with the fopen, and there doesn't seem to be any consistancy in
> the failure... The same file may be loaded into the string on run one,
> and missing the next. The remote server is NT-based.
>
> Does anybody know what is going wrong here? I don't have to add any logic
> to "wait" for the fread to complete, do I?
You do not need to "wait" for fread(). It blocks by default. Unless you've
messed around with set_socket_blocking() somewhere else in your code?...
What *exactly* is the value of $file_contents when it fails?
echo "'$file_contents' ", gettype($file_contents), "<BR>\n";
If it is 0 or 'false' you can at least detect the problem and try again a
time or two...
--
Visit the Zend Store at http://www.zend.com/store/
Wanna help me out? Like Music? Buy a CD: http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm
Volunteer a little time: http://chatmusic.com/volunteer.htm
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
