fopen help needed please

MrLister

  $fp = fopen ("http://www.site.com/", "r");
  $file = fread($fp, 1000000);

This code worked on my old server. It retried the full html properly. However with the new server it only seems to get so and so many characters. And it's different every time i hit refresh. I did the character count for the soruce it gets and it changed every time i hit refresh. Any idea why?

Thank you!

codeDV

Try this:

  $path = "http://www.site.com/";
  $fp = fopen ($path, "r");
  / * $file = fread($fp, filesize($path)); 
    *  I WAS WRONG :((
    */

Also have look at the PHP documentation.

My apologies everyone.

Weedpacket

Originally posted by codeDV
Try this:
  $path = "http://www.site.com/";
  $fp = fopen ($path, "r");
  $file = fread($fp, filesize($path)); 
Also have look at the PHP documentation. [/B]

...where you'd see that the [man]filesize[/man] function doesn't work on remote files (for mildly obvious reasons).

The question I have is, is the load stopping because PHP is timing out (exceeding its default 30s)?

Have you tried a more careful approach to fread()ing the file in a loop, such as that given in the user notes [man]fread[/man] page? Not knowing what's different about the old server as opposed to the new server it's a matter of guesswork and trial and error. Maybe it's got some differences of opinion about buffering....??

cahva

How about using just $lines=file('http://www.site.com/').

Using file() function it doesnt matter how big the file is.