My site is taking ~45 seconds to load. It's because I'm pulling in some XML from tumblr, but I can't figure out if this is my server's fault, tumblr's fault, or some other factor. Can I get this script to time out in 5 seconds and echo 'tumblr is down'; instead of just timing out after nearly a minute?
I'm getting this error:
Warning: simplexml_load_file(http://blog.yaytalent.com/api/read?type=post&start=1&num=2) [function.simplexml-load-file]: failed to open stream: Connection timed out in /nfs/c08/h02/mnt/122191/domains/yaytalent.com/html/index.php on line 86
Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity "http://blog.yaytalent.com/api/read?type=post&start=1&num=2" in /nfs/c08/h02/mnt/122191/domains/yaytalent.com/html/index.php on line 86
With this code:
<?php
$request_url = "http://blog.yaytalent.com/api/read?type=post&start=1&num=2";
$xml = simplexml_load_file($request_url);
$title = $xml->posts->post->{'regular-title'};
$post = $xml->posts->post->{'regular-body'};
$link = $xml->posts->post['url'];
$small_post = substr($post,0,270);
echo "<h2><a target=frame2 href='".$link."'>$title</a></h2>";
echo "<p>$small_post... <a target=frame2 href='$link'>Read More</a></p>";
?>