fread()-type functionality on remote html file

[bunner_bob]

It appears fread() only works on a file on the local server (or one that can be linked to somehow). What I want to do is read the source code of remotely-hosted html files into a variable, as if I was doing fread() on a local file. I have to pull certain text out of a large set of html files (via grep) and it's easier if I can just do that from where they currently reside.

Is there a reasonably straightforward way to do this?

• Bob

[Shrike]

Use [MAN]file_get_contents[/MAN]. [MAN]fread[/MAN] does work on remote files, if you have the correct setting in php.ini, as does file_get_contents. The former is just easier to use.