PHP If file_get_contents fails, do this instead

Question

I have a function to translate the current text string using the Free Bing translator API. I just want to make sure if anything fails or something happens with the Applicat

Answer 1

$translate_feed = file_get_contents('http://api.microsofttranslator.com/v2/Http.svc/Translate?appId=' . BING_APPID . '&text=' . urlencode($text) . '&from=en&to=' . $to_lan . '');
$result=$text;
if ($translate_feed) {
  $translate = simplexml_load_string($translate_feed);
  if (is_array($translate)) $result=$translate[0];
}
return $result;