fopen remote files.

[Anon]

I am a newcommer to php, and linux. I have installed the RH 7.0 and the mysql and php packages from that installation. I am trying to open a remote file using fopen;

$fp = fopen("http://www.somewhere.com/data.html","r");

This generates a warning that php cannot access the required resourse. I connect to the internet via a modem using the RH dialler, and can access this page with my browser. Is there anything special that I have to set up in appache to allow it to connect to remote servers, or could it be a permissions problem.

Please, any advise or help would be appreciated. If you require any more detail, please email me and I will try to provide anything you need.

len.

[Anon]

hi! there needs to be just a couple more lines of code to complete your task. what you have done so far with

$fp = fopen("http://www.somesite.com","r");

.. is open a connection to this site for the purpose of being read, but you havn't actually added the commands to read this site.

you need to use the FPASSTHRU() function. this reads your open connection all the way through from the first character to the last, and closes the connection after the last character. so, your script would simply look like this:

$fp = fopen("http://www.somesite.com","r");

fpassthru($fp);

usually, i would include $fp in an IF statement to check for the connection and return an error is a connection could not be made. like this

if ($fp){
fpassthru($fp);
}else{
echo ("no connection possible");
}
hope this helps.
blue

[Anon]

I don't think fopen("http:// ...") will work for proxy or dial up modem, so you can try :

http://www.phpbuilder.com/annotate/message.php3?id=1002120

rgds,

Alexander