Pinging server

[Anon]

Heres the set-up:

Server 1, Host X
Server 2, Host Y

A php script runs on host X and is called on host Y, index.php via, include(http://www.hosty.com/script.php).

If server 1 goes down for some reason, how do i stop the script from preventing users seeing the front page on host Y?

cheers
oli

[Anon]

Untested:

You may do this:

include (url) or die ("");

after include i.e. if include fails, page will die.