function amazon_connect($link, $try = 1)
{
$result = @file_get_contents($link);
if ($result) {
return $result;
} else {
if ($try <= 3) {
sleep(3);
return amazon_connect($link, $try + 1);
} else {
return false;
}
}
}
<?php
require_once 'connect.php';
if (isset($_GET['ASIN']) && count($_GET['ASIN']) > 0) {
foreach ($_GET['ASIN'] as $item) {
$request = "http://webservices.amazon.com/onca/xml?Service=AWSECommerceService&SubscriptionId=19BAZMZQFZJ6G2QYGCG2&AssociateTag=squidoo-20&Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=" . $item . "&ResponseGroup=Request,Medium&Version=2005-02-23";
$result = amazon_connect($request);
if (!$result) {
print "There was an error connecting to the Amazon web service. Please try again.";
} else {
$data = simplexml_load_string($result);
print '<li>';
if (isset($data->Items->Request->Errors->Error->Code)) {
print "<li><strong>Amazon Error</strong> (Code " . $data->Items->Request->Errors->Error->Code . ")<br />";
print $data->Items->Request->Errors->Error->Message . "</li>";
$msg = "Code " . $data->Items->Request->Errors->Error->Code . "\n";
$msg .= "Error " . $data->Items->Request->Errors->Error->Message . "\n";
$msg .= "ASIN " . $item;
mail('*****@*****.**', 'amazon error', $msg, 'From: techsupport@squidoo.com');
} else {
$details = $data->Items->Item[0]->ItemAttributes;
if (strlen($details->Title) > 50) {
$name = substr($details->Title, 0, 50) . "...";
#$name = $details['ProductName'];
} else {
$name = $details->Title;
}
?>
<input type="checkbox" name="modules[id<?php
echo $_GET['lens_module_id'];
?>