Re: Reading a file from another server

I know the url is good, cause I can go on to this domain and look at all my files. I guess I should explain a little further... This server is a game server for Counter-Strike. I'm trying to read a file on there called "mapcycle.txt". This server is a secure server, so I would need to use a username and password to get on. I I've tried a bunch of different things, and now I find that it has a problem connecting to secure servers. DO you know of a different way to connect to a secure server anhd get information other than the way I have been trying? This is what I'm usuing right now: <?php $prefix = "ftp://"; $username = "myUsername"; $password = "**********"; $url = "server.username.gameserver.com/"; $filename = "test.txt"; $result = readfile($prefix . $username . ":" . $password . "@" . $url . $filename); print ($result); ?> // OUTPUT 0 if I use anythign other than the ftp:// for a prefix (like http. or https) I get an error. Cheers. "Chris Shiflett" <shiflett@php.net> wrote in message news:20030726000932.19913.qmail@web14303.mail.yahoo.com... > --- Thomas <zaxisnet@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > readfile("ftp://username:password@server.somedomain.com/test.txt"); > > > > It doesn't have any errors and comes up blank. > > > > If I put: > > > > $result = > > > > readfile("ftp://username:password@server.somedomain.com/test.txt"); > > print ($result); > > > > it ends up showing a '0' by iteself. > > The readfile() functions outputs the contents of the file and returns the size > of the file in bytes. So, when you assigned $result to the return value, you > demonstrated that readfile() output 0 bytes (which explains why you didn't see > anything). > > I'm pretty sure your php.ini is set to allow this, otherwise you would receive > an error. I'm doubting whether that URL actually contains any content. How have > you tested to be sure it does? > > Chris > > ===== > Become a better Web developer with the HTTP Developer's Handbook > http://httphandbook.org/