problem with checking alt file

From: in2minds (karl_at_redx.co.uk)
Date: 11/30/03 

Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:08:34 -0000

using this...

if (x == y)
{
 $url = "file.txt";
 $num = @file($url);

  if ($num === FALSE) // 3 =
    {
   $url = "otherfile.txt";
  $num = file($url);
    }
continue with the script using value of $num ...
}

it's checking for the first file and will return "fail" if I replace the
second file check with echo fail;

but it doesn't seem to look at the second file and grab the contents
also the timeout seems to take forever (up to 3 minutes) for the first
file check, is it possible to restrict this to 30 seconds ?

thanks
Les

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