Posted by Simon on 01/12/06 14:56

Hi,

My webhost allows me to run php but no shell_execute(...), system(...) and
so on.

I am trying to get info from a site, the reply from the site is usually less
than 1 second.

I have tried

fsockopen("http://www.example.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 1);
//and
file( "http://www.example.com")
//
fopen( ..., "r" );

But that does not work

according to php.net
"Depending on the environment, the Unix domain or the optional connect
timeout may not be available."

I cannot change "Set_time_limit(...)" because I have no access to the
php.ini file.

So, how can i test for a website and have a 1 second timeout?

Many thanks in advance.

Simon

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