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- David > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Hemelaar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:55 PM > To: internals@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DEV] Suggestion: If URL Loads Initially, then stop > > Hi there, > > I don't know if this is the place to do it, but anyway. I have a > suggestion > for a new function that PHP could have: > > It will be similar to fopen, but instead of actually loading the URL, it > starts loading the page, then once PHP knows that it's started loading, it > will stop it before it's finished; then it would set the variable in the > function's brackets as true. eg: Functname($URL;$trueorfalse). > > This could be used to check if a site is up without having to download the > whole page. > > Regards, > > > Ryan > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php