Or just fopen() would work fine.
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Verdon Vaillancourt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 1:37 PM
Subject: [PHP] Test if URL is alive before including a remote JS
> Hi :)
>
> Given I have some content embedded on my page by calling a remote JS and
> occasionally the URL for the remote script is down causing my page to be
> slow or fail, can I use the following example as a means to test and
timeout
> the remote server and skip the embedded JS, if the remote server isn't
> responding properly?
>
> <?php
> $fp = fsockopen ("www.theweathernetwork.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 5);
> if (!$fp) {
> echo "sorry, not available";
> } else {
> echo "<script language=\"JavaScript\" type=\"text/javascript\">
> <!-- var city = \"Muskoka_ON\"; //-->
> </script>
> <script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text/javascript\"
> src=\"http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weatherbutton/test.js\";>
> </script>";
>
> }
> ?>
>
>
> TIA, verdon
>
>
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