Calling a http request from within php

[TheDigglerUK]

Hi, I am trying to call a API from within PHP

I used to use :-

$to_new = "44".$mobile2[1].$mobile2[2].$mobile2[3].$mobile2[4].$mobile2[5].$mobile2[6].$mobile2[7].$mobile2[8].$mobile2[9].$mobile2[10].$mobile2[11].$mobile2[12];
$msg_new = preg_replace('/ /', '%20', $message2);
$url = "http://api.mobill.net/sendsmsV3.pl?phone=".$to_new."&mesgtext=".$msg_new."&id=11111&pwd=11111yue&header=".$mobile."";
$handle = fopen("$url", "rb");
$contents = '';
while (!feof($handle)) {
$contents .= fread($handle, 8192);
}
fclose($handle);

But i have moved servers and i keep getting errors? I dont want any response i just need to call execute a http:// from within php!

[bradgrafelman]

Few things:

1. What errors? How do you expect us to help you resolve errors if we don't even know what the errors are?

2. Where/how is $mobile2 defined? I guess I can assume it has nothing to do with the problem since you've told us nothing about it.

3. Not only should this:

   $msg_new = preg_replace('/ /', '%20', $message2);

   not even be using a regular expression function when a simple [man]str_replace/man would suffice, but note that a space isn't the only character that needs to be encoded. Instead, you should be using [man]urlencode/man or [man]rawurlencode/man.

4. Don't use fopen/fread/fclose to send HTTP requests; use either [man]file_get_contents/man or [man]cURL[/man] instead.

[Ashley_Sheridan]

It sounds as though the allow_url_fopen is not enabled on your new server. You'll need to enable this in your php.ini or httpd.conf file, I don't believe you can set this one from inside of a PHP script or an .htaccess file.

If this is not something you can do, then ask your server provider if they will allow it. Your last resort (short of moving servers) would be to change your code to make a cURL request, which is generally allowed on most hosting packages, even where allow_url_fopen is disabled.