PHP Forum

**lajkonik86** · 08-15-2004, 05:41 AM

when doing this

<?php
$filename = 'http://dlx.gamespot.com/homepage/topten_movie.html';
$fp = fopen($filename, "r");
$contents = fread($fp, filesize($filename));
fclose($fp);

it gives me a file not found error.
I cant seem to open any webfile.
what to do?

**webwoRRks** · 08-15-2004, 06:50 AM

older versions of PHP don't support open on remote files.

**lajkonik86** · 08-15-2004, 10:24 AM

any workaround?

**Republikin** · 08-15-2004, 10:24 AM

the fopen wrappers are more than likely turned off in php.ini

**webwoRRks** · 08-15-2004, 12:08 PM

Same dif'. Tried using a socket?

**Republikin** · 08-15-2004, 01:35 PM

I think Snoopy Might be of some use to you.

**lajkonik86** · 08-16-2004, 05:51 AM

; Whether to allow the treatment of URLs (like http:// or ftp://) as files.
allow_url_fopen=On

It was set like this
should be able to open web files:S

**webwoRRks** · 08-16-2004, 06:24 AM

outdated? Try;

PHP Code:


			
$all_lines = file("http://www.webworrks.com/index.php");



foreach($all_lines as $key=>$value) {

  echo "#$key: ".htmlspecialchars($value)."<br />\n";

}

**lajkonik86** · 08-17-2004, 08:29 AM

This should get me started
thanks guys

**lajkonik86** · 08-17-2004, 08:48 AM

hey webbworks
my php skills aren't very good
could you please explain your code.

Greetz
Thierry

**webwoRRks** · 08-17-2004, 06:47 PM

file() basically does fopen, fread, and fclose, and stores all the lines of data into an array. The you can do what you want with the array (in my example, echo'd them all with their line number, etc). htmlspecialchars() does stuff like replace < with < so you can see the raw code... that was just to show you how to read the code in a remote document.

I used file() becuase I think it could support reading of remote documents before fopen(), so if your host is running older PHP it may help... not 100% sure though.

**lajkonik86** · 08-18-2004, 04:26 AM

what about the $key and $value
both created by the file function?

**webwoRRks** · 08-18-2004, 10:45 AM

yes, because the info is stored as an array. In a 2-d array, (or do I mean 1-d? anyways...), you have information like this;

$all_lines[1] = "<html>";
$all_lines[2] = "<head>";

.....and so on. Thus, when you do foreach, $key = 1,2, etc, and value="<html>", "<head>", etc. That understandable?

**Republikin** · 08-18-2004, 11:06 AM

lajkonik, what might help you understand the way the array is layed out better is to do something along the lines of this...

echo '<pre>';
print_r($all_lines);
echo '</pre>';

And view that in the browser.

**webwoRRks** · 08-18-2004, 01:12 PM

Winky is full of solutions

**lajkonik86** · 08-19-2004, 04:42 AM

got it

thanks for the help guys