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

[Dale Bengston]

Joel,

You could perform a simple FMView from your login page and trap for  
any errors. Errors result in the "Site Closed" notice. No errors gets  
the more typical user experience.

Dale

On Mar 7, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Joel Shapiro wrote:

> 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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