Re: read a file through firewall with file

Thanks for your help today. I finally ended up it reaching the proxy and then the fputs or the fgets times out. It always times out with 30 seconds, regardless of what I set the 4th parameter in the fsockopen to. -- Gaylen PHP KISGB v4.0.5 Guest Book http://www.gaylenandmargie.com/phpwebsite/ PHP KISSQ v2.0 Stock Quote http://www.gaylenandmargie.com/phpwebsite "Rasmus Lerdorf" <rasmus@php.net> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0208062223140.2051-100000@www.lerdorf.com... > Nope, use fsockopen() directly to the proxy and fputs() your request. > > -Rasmus > > On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Gaylen Fraley wrote: > > > I am behind a firewall at work. > > > > I have a script that uses file() to read a url > > $read_file = file(http://www.somewhere.com); > > > > If I type the url in my browser it connects. However, when I use the file() > > command, it fails and I'm reasonably sure it's because I'm not passing it > > through some firewall syntax. Assuming the name of the firewall is > > "firewall", is there a way to read this file using the file() command from > > PHP? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Gaylen > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >