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Setting a timeout for the file_get_contents function
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<?php | |
// Create the stream context | |
$context = stream_context_create(array( | |
'http' => array( | |
'timeout' => 3 // Timeout in seconds | |
) | |
)); | |
// Fetch the URL's contents | |
$contents = file_get_contents('http://reddit.com', 0, $context); | |
// Check for empties | |
if (!empty($contents)) | |
{ | |
// Woohoo | |
echo $contents; | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
// DANG ! | |
} | |
?> |
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