Question

i am trying to check through php if xml files exists on a url (incremental names till it fails)

why is this code not working?

<?php

for ($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {
$url = "http://thetvdb.com/api/E676DF9578EF38D7/series/78901/default/".$i."/1/en.xml";
echo $url."<br />";
$xml = simplexml_load_file($url);

if ($xml) {
echo "yay"."<br />";
} else {
echo "fail"."<br />";
die();
}
}



?>

Answer 1

Your main problem is die(). This quits all execution.

I’d also try using fopen() instead of simplexml_load_file() unless you plan on using the XML later on, eg

$handle = @fopen($url, 'r');
if ($handle === false) {
    echo 'fail<br />';
    return; // check till it fails
} else {
    echo 'yay<br />';
    fclose($handle);
}