Need help with file reading...

[kdoggy]

Hi,

I am having trouble with the following code when $filename is a URL and not a local file (ex. http://www.somewhere.com/somefile.gif)

$fd = fopen($filename,"r");
$image_string = fread($fd,filesize($filename));
$img_info = @getimagesize($filename);

$width = $img_info[0];
$height = $img_info[1];

fclose($fd);

$photo = imagecreatefromstring($image_string);

How would I fix this?

Thanks for your help!

[kdoggy]

I did some tweaking on the code. Here is the updated version:

$fd = fopen($filename,"r");
$image_string = file_get_contents($filename);
$img_info = @getimagesize($filename);

$width = $img_info[0];
$height = $img_info[1];

fclose($fd);

$photo = imagecreatefromstring($image_string);

The error I get when $filename is a URL is this:

Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

[kdoggy]

OK, I think I solved the problem.

It seems as though if I pass $filename as a URL with a ~ in the path (ie. http://somewhere.com/~me/myfile.gif) then it fails but if I pass a regular URL then it works fine.

Sorry to bother y'all but if you find a workaround for the ~ please let me know.

[ShawnK]

Well, you can't escape characters in a URL. Well at least I can't, cause I get errors out the ass. Try that...

or

depending on your host/server you could just copy the image so that it is LOCAL, then it may work?