It is possible that the site is rejecting the script since it is not a browser. You can fake a browser by using the User-Agent header.
I am also going to take the liberty to suggest an alternate means to the same end. If you are on a *nix system you can run the wget command to connect to the site and retrieve the data. With the right options to wget the user agent can be faked and the output be sent to stdout. Then using output buffering you can capture the output to a string. Shaunak Kashyap Senior Web Developer WPT Enterprises, Inc. 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350 Los Angeles, CA 90036 Direct: 323.330.9870 Main: 323.330.9900 www.worldpokertour.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail transmission (and/or the attachments accompanying) it may contain confidential information belonging to the sender which is protected. The information is intended only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of this transmission. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Dunlop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 2:15 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] file_get_contents / url wrappers > > Hi gang, > > If i am trying to read the contents of url into a string and I am > getting 403 errors yet the page will load perfectly through a normal > browser, do u think the site is looking at the http request headers > and determining it's not a browser and thus blocking access? If > something like that was happening, does anyone know what headers i > should put into a request to simulate a browser? > > error msg :: <...> failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/ > 1.1 403 Forbidden in <...> > > Any info is much appreciated. > > Thanks - MD > > ................................................................... > Mike Dunlop > Director of Technology Development > [ e ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [ p ] 323.644.7808 > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
