while(!feof($fp) generates loop

[globay]

I use the following code, to 'read' a remote file:

if (file_exists($xmlloc)){
$data = implode('', file($xmlloc));
}
else {
$fp = fopen($xmlloc,'r');
while(!feof($fp)){
$data = $data . fread($fp, 1024);
}

fclose($fp);

Unfortunately sometimes the file that I am trying to access is not available, and I get a 500 error as a reply, which produces an infinite loop in while(!feof($fp)), and thus infinite Warning messages, which are eating up my bandwidth.

Does anybody know how to modify the script, or how to turn off error messages in PHP?

Thank you for your help,
globay

[ikbenhet1]

Hey, i think this should do it.

if (file_exists($xmlloc)){
$data = implode('', file($xmlloc));
}
else {
echo "The file does not exist";
}

[Glacai]

Could also check the fopen

if($fp = fopen($xmlloc,'r'))
{
while(!feof($fp)){
$data = $data . fread($fp, 1024);
}
}
else

[dcrombie]

while ($fp &&!feof($fp)) {
$data = $data . fread($fp, 1024);
}

[globay]

thank you for your replies, I am going to test the versions, and i will report back, soon!