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You can also try using fopen() as well... Ray Hunter Firmware Engineer ENTERASYS NETWORKS -----Original Message----- From: Hayan Al Mamoun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 3:58 AM To: PHPList (E-mail) Subject: [PHP-DB] Problem with file() function Dear sirs, Please help with the follows: When I'm trying to execute this code: -------------------------------- $fcontents = file ('http://localhost/'); while (list ($line_num, $line) = each ($fcontents)) { echo "<b>Line $line_num:</b>; " . htmlspecialchars ($line) . "<br>\n"; } -------------------------------- it runs perfectly, but when I try to change to: -------------------------------- $fcontents = file ('http://www.php.net/'); while (list ($line_num, $line) = each ($fcontents)) { echo "<b>Line $line_num:</b>; " . htmlspecialchars ($line) . "<br>\n"; } -------------------------------- it dosn't work, Can you tell why please... Best Regards Hayan -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
