connection timeout

danielson2k

I have a function in a script that uses an XML file from a different server. Unfortunately the load on the server is extremely high and at times the function that uses the file times out. This causes problems in the page im trying to load.

This is the code that timesout:


<html>

<head>

<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="<?php echo(nowplaying(1)); ?>">

And this is the output I get when it times out:

<html>

<head>

<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="

Is there a way I can make PHP put in a dummy value and continue in the loading of the page?

dalecosp

if ($test=nowplaying(1)) ?

danielson2k

That doesn't make any difference. Same output.

Can the connection_timeout() function be used to test if a function has timed out?

Edit: Actually no, that function has been removed now.

dalecosp

You may have missed the point. It's up to you to control the HTML output.

If you can't verify the truth of $test=function(), don't output the HTML ....

danielson2k

Thats what I did, but for some reason the page stops loading completley. It could be something to do with Apache since I don't get an error message.

Its ok now, I found another way round it. Thanks for the help anyway 🙂