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[challenge entry] cutting costs never pays...

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(kiwi damo, Wed 19 May 2004, 8:14, archived)
# KILL IT!
KILL IT HARD!


and the woman in the background seems to like me...

*waits for no, she's looking at me argument*
*waits...*
*waits......*
(I helped save b3ta! sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Wed 19 May 2004, 8:18, archived)
# did you see my follow up reply yesterday
about using the file_exists function?
(m1k3k, Wed 19 May 2004, 8:25, archived)
# yes, but unfortunately,
the file I want to include is hosted elsewhere, so it always returns as the file not being there.
(I helped save b3ta! sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Wed 19 May 2004, 8:26, archived)
# ah i see
well if you still need a way of doing it il have a think and let you know if i come up with something later when i come back
(m1k3k, Wed 19 May 2004, 8:28, archived)
# I just had an idea....
Maybe if I had a file on the server, say online.txt, and if that file existed include the remote file, then I could delete when I occasionally turn my computer off.
(I helped save b3ta! sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Wed 19 May 2004, 8:30, archived)
# what
are you trying to do
(I helped save b3ta! anythingbutthisactually, Wed 19 May 2004, 8:32, archived)
# an xmms now playing thing
it includes the info file off my computer, but I want to have offline text instead of horrific errors when I'm offline
(I helped save b3ta! sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Wed 19 May 2004, 8:34, archived)
# ah, I see
xmms?
(I helped save b3ta! anythingbutthisactually, Wed 19 May 2004, 8:35, archived)
# X MultiMedia System
Winamp clone for linux
(I helped save b3ta! sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Wed 19 May 2004, 8:36, archived)
# yeah that would work in theory but it would
be a little inconvienient for you though

oh just found this, might help but havent got time to look

www.php.net/manual/en/features.remote-files.php

hope that helps, bye
(m1k3k, Wed 19 May 2004, 8:33, archived)