Set time out on simplexml_load_file

Question

I have this script which outputs an rss feed. Want I want to do is have it attempt to reach the rss url for something like 5 sec tops, and if it cannot then I want it to loa

Answer 1

This is what I got working:

    channel->item as $item) {
          echo '',   substr($item->title, 0, 62), '...
', substr($item->pubDate, 4, 18),'

';
       }
    }  else {

       $myFile = "content/backUpXml.xml";
       $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
       $stringData = $xml;
       fwrite($fh, $stringData);
       fclose($fh);

       $xml = simplexml_load_file($url);



       foreach ($xml->channel->item as $item) {
            echo '', substr($item->title, 0, 62), '...
', substr($item->pubDate, 4, 18),'

';
       }
    }

    ?>