[PHP] Strange results from file_get_contents using an url as filename
I'm getting unexpected data from my file_get_contents function using an url
as filename.
The function does not return false, i do get data from it. Problem is that
is is not the data is requested.
$data =
file_get_contents(http://somehost.com/xmlonl.asp?custid=00prodid=0
);
if ($data)
{
...
the string this function returns is the webpage from the default website of
the server where this php code is running at and not the data from the
remote site (which is not on the same server).
i tried the url from my shell on the server using telnet and it gets the
data i expected.
I can't figure out why php is getting the wrong results while telnet on the
same host gets the correct data. Is this a (known) error with php or is it a
apache/php/server configuration problem ?
regards,
Ewout
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Re: [PHP] Strange results from file_get_contents using an url as filename
On Tuesday 28 December 2004 20:03, Ewout de Boer wrote:
$data =
file_get_contents(http://somehost.com/xmlonl.asp?custid=00prodid=
0 );
if ($data)
{
...
the string this function returns is the webpage from the default website of
the server where this php code is running at and not the data from the
remote site (which is not on the same server).
Have you tried other URLs? With and without a query string? Could you give a
_real life_ example of a URL that doesn't work?
i tried the url from my shell on the server using telnet and it gets the
data i expected.
I can't figure out why php is getting the wrong results while telnet on the
same host gets the correct data. Is this a (known) error with php or is it
a apache/php/server configuration problem ?
One possible explanation as to why it doesn't work within PHP but works with
something else is that the target site looks at the user-agent in the request
header and if it finds something it doesn't like (eg PHP) then it redirects
the request to http://localhost/ or something. That way the target site hopes
to prevent bots from harvesting its data.
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Re: [PHP] Strange results from file_get_contents using an url as filename
Ewout de Boer wrote:
I'm getting unexpected data from my file_get_contents function using an url
as filename.
The function does not return false, i do get data from it. Problem is that
is is not the data is requested.
$data =
file_get_contents(http://somehost.com/xmlonl.asp?custid=00prodid=0
);
if ($data)
{
...
the string this function returns is the webpage from the default website of
the server where this php code is running at and not the data from the
remote site (which is not on the same server).
i tried the url from my shell on the server using telnet and it gets the
data i expected.
I can't figure out why php is getting the wrong results while telnet on the
same host gets the correct data. Is this a (known) error with php or is it a
apache/php/server configuration problem ?
regards,
Ewout
*Check your PHP runtime config to see if 'allow_url_fopen' is enabled.
(You can view your configuration using 'phpinfo'. You can change it in
your php.ini file.)
(See the first tip in the fine manual:
http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php )
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[PHP] [SOLVED] Re: [PHP] Strange results from file_get_contents using an url as filename
I'm getting unexpected data from my file_get_contents function using an url as filename. The function does not return false, i do get data from it. Problem is that is is not the data is requested. The ISP made a mistake in the server config :-( ... it works again regards, Ewout -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
