Problem with file() and fopen()

Anon

Hi,

Whenever I try to use file() or fopen(), eg $url = file('www.phpbuilder.com') the server comes back with an error saying the file cannot be found.

When I run it on my local machine it works no problem. I think the problem might be with my hosting server. Has anyone seen this problem before?

Anon

Yep - if you use a proxy server chances are that you will not be able to access pages using fopen() etc, that are not on your hosts servers. focks() should still work but is not much use.

To test the theory find a page that you know is hosted on the same server as yours, fopen() that page - it should work - (depending on your hosts default settings).

Anyway that is more than likely your problem. If you have a small list of pages you want to grab on a regular basis, your host can cache them locally for you - it is not a major task for them so it depends on how friendly your host is!

Anon

Thanks for that Simon.

I tried that (as a result of another posting with a similar problem) but it still wont work.

Also I can do the same thing in Perl (using the 'get' command) and it works fine. Its actually an XML feed I am trying to read.

Anon

$url = file('www.phpbuilder.com')

... will attempt to read a file on the local filesystem named www.phpbuilder.com.

$url = file("http://www.phpbuilder.com")

is probably what you want.

Anon

Same result even with http://www.phpbuilder.com/

Also if I refer to the file name in the path such as $url = file('http://www.phpbuilder.com/index.php) it still cant find it. I think I will have to give up and use 'get' with Perl.

Anon

http and ftp file access are enabled by default, but if the php module is compiled with the flag --disable-url-fopen-wrapper that functionality will be removed.

If the following code

<? include("http://www.phpbuilder.com"); ?>

does not work, try using phpinfo() and inspect the compile-time flags that were used to build php on your Web host.

Anon

'include' failed also.

'enable-url-fopen-wrapper=no' is the configuration setting from my Web host.

I guess this could be the problem. I will notify my web host. Is there any reason why they have it set to no?

Anon

No idea why they would have disabled it, but it's probably easier to move your Web site than to argue with the provider.

http://www.phpwebhosting.com/

has unlimited space, PHP4, mysql, telnet/shell and ssh capabilities for under $10 per month.I moved my domain there a week or so ago to get PHP4.