Help with trapping a file error: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Foundin

[cainwebdesign@gmail.com]

php newbie needs help

Warning: file(http://shop1.outpost.com/product/5053975)
[function.file]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1
404 Not Foundin

I am just trying to put some code around this to trap it.

[ZeldorBlat]

Re: Help with trapping a file error: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Foundin


cainwebdesign@g mail.com wrote:

php newbie needs help
>
Warning: file(http://shop1.outpost.com/product/5053975)
[function.file]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1
404 Not Foundin
>
I am just trying to put some code around this to trap it.

if(@file('http://shop1.outpost.c om/product/5053975') == false) {
//file could not be opened
}
else {
//everything was fine
}