Determine in php script if connected to internet?

Question

How can I check if I\'m connected to the internet from my PHP script which is running on my dev machine?

I run the script to download a set of files (which may or ma

Answer 1

Also note that fopen and fsockopen are different. fsockopen opens a socket depending on the protocol prefix. fopen opens a file or something else e.g file over HTTP, or a stream filter or something etc. Ultimately this affects the execution time.