#!/usr/bin/perl use LWP::Simple; print "Content-type: text/html\n\n\n"; local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "alarm\n" }; # NB: \n required eval { alarm 4; $content = get("http://select.worldpay.com/wcc/info?op=rates&instId=36128"); alarm 0; }; if ($@) { die unless $@ eq "alarm\n"; # propagate unexpected errors # timed out print "timed out
"; } else { # didn't print "succeeded
"; } if($content) { print $content; } else { print "Durrr"; }