a time out?

[Michdd]

Using a mysql connection and something like..

 

if(!$connection) works to determine of the server is offline, but that takes a long time (around 10 seconds) is there a way to make it stop trying after say 2 seconds?

[alphanumetrix]

Yeah, try using set_time_limit(2);

[Michdd]

That won't work, because I need it to do something else, not return an error. I was thinking about something like this:

 

<?php
$start = time();

function online($connection)
{
while(!$connection)
{
	if(time() - $start >= 2)
	{
		return false;
		break;
	}
}
return true;
}

if(online($connection))
{
//Your server is online..
}
else
{
//It's not
}

 

But it still takes the same amount of time.

[alphanumetrix]

well, that code wouldn't work anyway. you declared $start outside of the function without making it global:

 

$start = time();

function online($connection)
{

global $start;

 

 

put this code at the top of your script:

<?php 
   $mtime = microtime(); 
   $mtime = explode(" ",$mtime); 
   $mtime = $mtime[1] + $mtime[0]; 
   $starttime = $mtime; 
;?> 

 

 

 

 

then put this where you want it:

<?php 
   $mtime = microtime(); 
   $mtime = explode(" ",$mtime); 
   $mtime = $mtime[1] + $mtime[0]; 
   $endtime = $mtime; 
   $totaltime = ($endtime - $starttime);
   

function online($connection)
{

global $totaltime;

while(!$connection)
{
	if($totaltime >= 2)
	{
		return false;
		break;
	}
}
return true;
}

if(online($connection))
{
//Your server is online..
}
else
{
//It's not
}
   
;?>