[FX.php List] "site down for maintenance" include?

[Roger Price]

Joel

My new site uses a DB driven menu syatem which appears on every page. If the 
FmFind returns zero, then the user is redirected to a static error page . I 
realise that this is not quite what you are asking but it works for me. 
Other files that could be empty - events, news etc won't even display a 
heading if the found set is zero and the rest of the text fills the gap (the 
joys of CSS positioning). Where I expect a return (assuming the file is 
'up') but get none, I redirect the user as per the menu system.

I know that this is not an elegant solution but until I find a better way...

HTH

Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Shapiro" <jsfmp at earthlink.net>
To: "FX.php Discussion List" <fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:35 PM
Subject: [FX.php List] "site down for maintenance" include?


> Hi all
>
> Has anybody implemented a procedure to automatically alert users when  a 
> site is down due to the FM files being closed on FMSA?
>
> I'm thinking an include on every page that could check if the DB is 
> available, and if not, present a friendly message to site-visitors  and 
> then a php exit;
>
> Would this work?  Is there a specific FX error to easily check for?
>
> This would be for when the DB needs to be closed for updating, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> -Joel
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