[Resolved] curl problem

[bvalk]

I am trying to write a web services application based on the REST theory. I am doing what is outlined at: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2003/10/30/amazon_rest.html Basically what I want to do is go to a url, grab the xml that is at that url and store it into a variable so I can do an xslt transformation on it later with another variable.

I am having problems with the following lines of code:

$c = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
//curl_exec($c);
$xml = curl_exec($c);
if (curl_error($c)) {
printf("Error %s: %s", curl_errno($c), curl_error($c));
}
curl_close ($c);

when the code runs, I get:

Error 7: Connect failed

I can go to the url in a web browser with no problem, but can't get it using this code.

I've also tried

file_get_contents($url);

and I get:

failed to open stream: Bad file descriptor in (file name, line number ...)

I've searched php.net, and phpbuilder, but as far as I can tell, my code is right. I am working behind a proxy and firewall (I'm about to take my code home and see if it works there!) I thought maybe this might have some impact, I've come across

curl_setopt ($c, CURLOPT_PROXY, $proxy);

with $proxy being set to my proxy (both IP address and dns name), didn't make any difference!

If anyone has any suggestions, I would be very greatful.

[AstroTeg]

My thought would be to telnet into the box and try Linx $url (where $url = your URL you're trying to use). If you get a website, then you have a coding problem. If you don't, then you have a networking/config problem.

[bvalk]

needed to set the proxy port, as well as the proxy address, cheers for your help!

[ruski]

I am using cURL for the first time and having a similar problem to what you had. I'm getting the same error message.

How do you determine what your proxy server IP and port number are?

[bvalk]

I work in an organisation and asked my IT dept. If you're in a similar situation (ie in an organisation) you could see if you can see it in your browser. In IE go tools, internet options connections, lan settings and it's in there. I'm sure there's probably a more 'technical' way, but that'll work provided the options haven't been disabled.

[bvalk]

another thought I had, I set it using

curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_PROXY, $proxy);

and had $proxy set to proxy.domain.com:8080

rather than using the CURLOPT_PROXYPORT cos that didn't work for me.