PHP 4.0 Bug #8552 Updated: fopen doesn't open URL

ID: 8552 Updated by: venaas Reported By: mike@newfangled.com Old-Status: Open Status: Closed Bug Type: Filesystem function related Assigned To: Comments: Turns out that the problem is redirects. fopen() doesn't follow redirects any more. The semantics for fopen() and redirects is being discussed. Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-01-04 11:56:31] mike@newfangled.com Here's an example of something that works and doesn't work ============================================== function GetWebPage( $url, $maxsize=1000000 ) { // Open a connection to the site $fp = fopen ($url, "r"); // Did we find it? if (!$fp) { // Nope, return nothing return ""; } // Get the page $webpage = fread($fp, $maxsize); // Close the connection fclose( $fp ); return $webpage; } // Doesn't work get error print GetWebPage("http://ir.stockmaster.com/c/pbn/stocks.html"); // It Works print GetWebPage("http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/"); ========================================= // first GetWebPage fails // Warning: fopen("http://ir.stockmaster.com/c/pbn/stocks.html","r") - No error in D:extranetWebTopsitet.php on line 25 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-01-04 11:35:14] mike@newfangled.com $fp = fopen("http://ir.stockmaster.com/c/pbn/stocks.html","r"); Get "no such file". Works perfect in php 3.0.16 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8552