Posted by Erwin Moller on 01/12/06 16:31

Simon wrote:

> 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

I think you cannot if your provider is so strick.
I wonder why they are so afraid of file() and fopen().
Maybe they have something to hide, like the fact that they don't know how to
set up PHP properly. :-/
You can always switch provider of course.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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