fsockopen - HELP

[Anon]

I am using the fsockopen http function in php. It works fine but when the server is down and it cannot connect, it causes a problem.

How can I check if the server where the file I am calling is down or not in order to avoid this problem.

Thanks.

[Anon]

toss it in an if..

if(fsockopen(...)){
process_data($foo);
}
else{
print "Host unavailable.";
}