PHP Includes

[Anon]

Scenario:

I have an index.php file that fetches text files from other domains. Inevitably, servers will have down time and so the external text file may not be available.

I was wondering if there's a way so that rather than outputting the default error associated with a broken include, if there was a way to check for the broken link, and if true... use a local txt file instead.

[jayrod_84]

I would say the hardest part would be to catch the error in a function or variable of some type and then do a condition on it.

what method are you using to "fetch" the files from the other domains?

[Anon]

Thanks for the quick response. As far as the method of 'fetching', it's just the standard PHP Include.

[Anon]

<?
$include_remote = @include ('http://www.somedomain.com/text.txt);
if (!$include_remote) {
include ('/localpath/text.txt');
}
?>

[Anon]

Thank you!