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PHP 'file' problem

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  • 31-03-2009 11:42am
    #1
    Placebo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭


    running php 4.x

    trying to retrieve data returned by a url using 'file' but doesnt seem to work at all?

    also tried simple
    [PHP]
    $url = "http://www.google.com";
    $html = file_get_contents(urlencode($url)) or die("Can't open url");
    echo $html; [/PHP]

    no joy.


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    #2
    Placebo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭Placebo


    looks like hosting365 have blocked it for security purposes.
    Using curl instead

    [PHP]<?php
    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/");
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
    curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);
    ?>[/PHP]


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    #3
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    This was a massive secuity flaw in PHP for years; it's handy if you need it but it's a huge hole if it's not required and scripts aren't set up to recognise abuse.

    They finally disabled it by default in PHP 5.


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