IF ELSE statement help.

[mrpyle]

I wrote a SimpleXML script in PHP to parse data from an external XML file on another server.

Basically I just need an IF ELSE statement to check if the file is available, and if it is not, then simply display the message "server offline" to the user.

I know how IF ELSE statements work, but have confused myself with the formatting lol. And not sure just how to check if a page on another server is available or not.

IF http://12.123.12.1/somepage is available {then run script here }ELSE{ display "server offline"}

Any help is much appreciated, thanks.

Chuck

[mrpyle]

I figured it out...

  if( ! $xml = simplexml_load_file('http://12.123.12.123/filename.xml') ) 
  { 
    echo 'SERVER IS OFFLINE!'; 
  } 
  else 
  {
    run script here
  }

[coopster]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, mrpyle.

That looks correct. You can find more information about PHP Control Structures [php.net] and their syntax in the online manual.