Re: fsockopen or fopen
| From: | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams | Date: | Fri, 17 Nov 2000 02:54:58 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: fsockopen or fopen | ||
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Chuck Barnett wrote:
> I am trying to open a file on another webserver do I use fsockopen or just fopen. I've
> tried following the php manual, but I just can't get it right :/
>
> I want to read an html file as a string then pull a string from it using eregi.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chuck
>
Just use fopen(). fsockopen() is only necessary if reading from non-HTTP
and non-FTP servers (e.g., whois).
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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>