Winsock - Connection Trouble

PHP Code:

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// Partial Code

SOCKADDR_IN saServer;
    
saServer.sin_family = AF_INET;
saServer.sin_addr = *((LPIN_ADDR)*ServerConversion->h_addr_list);
saServer.sin_port = htons(80);

SomeVal = connect(theSocket, (LPSOCKADDR)&saServer, sizeof(struct sockaddr)); 


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Ok I need some help here guys.. I'm trying to get this to check if it's connected or not. Now if I try to connect to a server that doesn't exist the program crashes. Any ideas on that? Also, how would I go about checking if it's connected?

I tried this just to test out and I still crashed..

PHP Code:

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if(SomeVal==WSAECONNREFUSED)
 {
  MessageBox (NULL, "Could Not Connect" , "Error", 0);
 }
  MessageBox (NULL, "Hi" , "Success!", 0); 


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Could use some help, thanks in advance.