#23910 [Opn->Bgs]: opening a URL with fopen gives different results than in 4.3.1

ID: 23910 Updated by: wez@php.net Reported By: nmcfaul at mcfaulgolf dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Filesystem function related Operating System: Linux 2.4.20 PHP Version: 4.3.2 New Comment: 4.3.0 and 4.3.1 were actually broken in allowing your script to work in the way that it did. 4.3.2 re-introduces the correct behaviour from 4.2.x days and earlier. We updated the online manual today to reflect this; please read this: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fread.php This is expected behaviour, so I'm marking this report as bogus (as it is not a bug). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-05-30 16:24:59] nmcfaul at mcfaulgolf dot com I'm having trouble figuring out why when I use fopen to open a URL in 4.3.2 I get different output than in 4.3.1. I'm using the following to get sport scores from sportline.com, i also put in some troubleshooting code to help me determine the problem. $url = "http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/box-scoreboards"; $fp=fopen($url,"rb") or die ("<p>Could not Open Sportsline.com</p>"); $handle = fopen("/opt/web/sportsline.txt","a"); $file=fread($fp,600000); $new=substr($file,0); fwrite($handle,$new); fclose($handle); fclose($fp); When I run the above script in 4.3.2 I get a filesize of 2434 bytes, when I run the exact same code in 4.3.1, I get a filesize of 10733 bytes. I've used the exact same configure script parameters for both PHP builds, and the same apache version (2.0.46) Any assistance would be appreciated! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23910&edit=1