fopen ... the need for SOCKET .. WHY!!!!

Anon

hiiiiiiii developers

im having a script that reads a content from a site, the problem is .. when i test it under my machine -localhost- its ruinning smoothly ... but ... when i iploaded the same script to my hosting co. it did not!! .. it said ......

Warning: fopen("http://mydomain/default.htm","r") - A socket must be already connected. in inc/getnews.php on line 13

Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in inc/getnews.php on line 13

sorry could not get to the site

the question is: what are sockets ... and how can i use it to solve this problem pleeeeeeeeese...

your help is most appreciated .....

below is my code ------------


<head>
<BASE HREF="http://www.mydomain.com/" target="_blank">
</head>
<body>
<?php
$fd= fread(fopen("http://mydomain.com/default.stm", "r"), 100000);
if ($fd)
        {
        $start= strpos($fd, '<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=315>'); //specifes the starting point
        $finish= strpos($fd, '</TABLE>'); //specifes the ending point
        $length= $finish-$start;
        $code=Substr($fd, $start, $length);
        }
else
{ echo "sorry could not get to the site!"; }

echo $code;
?>
</body>

Anon

I may be wrong but the following code is wrong:

$fd= fread(fopen("http://mydomain.com/default.stm", "r"), 100000);

You need to open the file before reading.
$fd = @fopen("http://mydomain.com/default.stm","r");
if($fd){
$contents = fread ($fd, filesize ($filename));
fclose($fd);
$start= strpos($contents, '<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH=315>'); //specifes the starting point
$finish= strpos($contents, '</TABLE>'); //specifes the ending point
$length= $finish-$start;
$code=Substr($fd, $start, $length);
} else {
echo "sorry could not get to the site!";
}

I can't validate this script, but you need to open the socket before you read, write or execute. You can't nestle it into the file handler.

Ron

Anon

did nt work ... :-(

but thanks for help ... guess i have to read the manual again about fread and sockets ... :-(

thanks ..

Anon

If it works on your local box but not on your provider's then it's a probably either:

a) a version thing - is your provider running an older version of PHP which doesn't support what you're trying to do

b) your provider may have disabled it, as a security/performance concern. I could imagine how someone could exploit what you're trying to, to get any websites etc, using the provider as a proxy.

You could ask them to fix/enable/upgrade or just find a new provider

Anon

thanks allot..

infact .. ive disovered that my prvides is running an older version.. and moreover they do not provide fopen neither include/require to remote sites ..

thanks again...

maybe i ve just to swithc to other provider :-(