http call with fopen: no return var

Hi guys, I was wondering if someone can help me with this: I am calling a script on a another server via fopen (to get an invisible call). That script is likely to be non-php but returns an id. The fopen call only allows me to catch that variable when it is not in the 'http://...' format, as soon as i put in the http address (even if it does point to the same folder as before) it does not return anything but 1 (='yes, found the script'). Anyone know why the behaviour changes? Thomas -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage!