Warning: fopen("url") - No error in script.php on line 13

_named_

I'm trying to grab text from a site, but the URL i want to grab from does not work. I get this error:

Warning: fopen("the-url-here", "r") - No error in script.php on line 13

Do someone know why this doesn't work:
(Note: I had to split up the url cause it scrambled up the tables on the board...)

fopen("$URL", "r");

While

$URL = "http://www.shahid.org.uk:81/?
IMEI=123456789876543&Model=2&country=20&Network=62501&
MyNetwork=CVMOVEL&MySite=www.shahid.org.uk%2Fdct4%
2F&submit=Generate+Unlock+Code"

The whole script here:

<?php
$strurl = "http://www.shahid.org.uk:81/?
IMEI=123456789876543&Model=2&country=20&Network=62501&
MyNetwork=CVMOVEL&MySite=www.shahid.org.uk%2Fdct4%
2F&submit=Generate+Unlock+Code";

$fh = fread(fopen(urlencode($strURL)),'r'); 
if ($fh) 
{ 
   $start = strpos($fh, "Click");
   $stopp = strpos($fh, "new");
   $lengde = $stopp-$start; 
   $kode = substr($fh, $start, $lengde); 
   echo $kode; 
} 
?>

Weedpacket

Posting the REAL code might be a bit more useful - 'cos that ain't it.

_named_

Hmm... What do you mean?

i have attached another slightly modified version i've tried, with the same error...

planetsim

Howd you know that one weedpacket 😃

Weedpacket

I think that shahid's server is either broken or misconfigured - it's not giving valid http responses. Browsers might cope if their authors built enough safeguards into them, but there's no guarantee. You might want to try [man]fsockopen[/man] and see if you have better luck, but again, no guarantee.

_named_

Thanks for replying.

That page is not supposed to be "visited" using that url. The url is a result of a form, with 4 variables. When those variables are given a code is generated and displayed - so the page is dynamic.

I'm a really newbie in php/html coding, so i'm not sure how to use the fsockopen function. I guess I can't just replace fopen?

Weedpacket

Originally posted by named
That page is not supposed to be "visited" using that url. The url is a result of a form, with 4 variables. When those variables are given a code is generated and displayed - so the page is dynamic.

It's still http, it's still supposed to comply with the http spec. Which it doesn't. So it's no wonder that fopen() chokes - it's expecting an http response and it's not getting one.

_named_

Originally posted by Weedpacket
It's still http, it's still supposed to comply with the http spec. Which it doesn't. So it's no wonder that fopen() chokes - it's expecting an http response and it's not getting one.

But are you sure there is nothing wrong with the url, i mean characters needed to be escaped, or something? I'm a newbie, and i know that " must be escaped with a \ infront, but maybe there is other characters that needs to be escaped with a \ too?

Cause the strange thing is that the error appears even when i'm not connected to internet (i run the script on the local LAN server). It doesn't check the url before the error is returned, it fails without even try to contact the url... 🙁

Weedpacket

Well then you're getting a different error from the one I'm seeing: I've got no trouble connecting to the host - it's the host that botches things.

If you're doing this on a LAN, are you sure you haven't got a firewall on it that's blocking the request?

_named_

Yes, theres no firewall or security at all... 😃

Here is the error when i'm connected to internet:

Warning: fopen("thelongURLhere", "r") - No error in C:\www\www\script2.php on line 5

Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in C:\www\www\script2.php on line 5

Here is the error when not connected to internet:

Warning: php_network_getaddresses: gethostbyname failed in C:\www\www\script2.php on line 5

Warning: fopen("thelongURLhere", "r") - No error in C:\www\www\script2.php on line 5

Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in C:\www\www\script2.php on line 5

I have tested to use a normal url, to a normal page, and that works fine...