[SOLVED] Very quick and simple question.

[Shaun]

instead of

 

$xml = simplexml_load_file($url) or die('Cannot retrieve feed');

 

could I do

 

$xml = simplexml_load_file($url) or $xml = 0;

 

??

 

the reason I ask, is because my server sometimes plays up, and wont resolve names.. and instead of returning the error, or dieing.. I want to just return $xml as another value to check against in another script.

[Prismatic]

simplexml_load_file() returns false when a file cannot be loaded, so you can simply remove the or xxx part and check $xml for false

[Shaun]

ah right ok, thanks