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Originally Posted by kh99

Ha - The cron idea sounds good to me, to be honest I don't know anything about updating the phrase in the database.

I think that is what I will do...

1. Run a cronfile that does the network check with curl
2. Update $vbphrase[image_server] using MySQL and the phrase table.

Thanks for helping me brainstorm the approach.

One advantage of this approach is that I can easily change $vbphrase[] when working on a server (and can also easily disable cron when I need to). Also, when I add a third server to the mix, I can easily update the cron file and can avoid doing anything in vB.

--------------- Added [DATE]1260092915[/DATE] at [TIME]1260092915[/TIME] ---------------

Unfortunately, my idea did not work.

Followup post:

UPDATE phrase SET text='www.mybackup.com' WHERE varname='backup_server';