Re: file_get_contents urlencode spaces: yeah right?

Dee Ayy wrote: > PHP Version 5.1.6 > $contents = > file_get_contents("http://user:pass@domain.com/some/path/htmlfile.html"); //WORKS > $contents = > file_get_contents("http://user:pass@domain.com/some/path/htmlfile > with spaces.html"); //FAILS(1) > $contents = > file_get_contents("http://user:pass@domain.com/some/path/nonhtmlfile.ext"); //WORKS > $contents = file_get_contents("áD7åu¨Í˜û帪 > Éãhttp://user:pass@domain.com/some/path/nonhtmlfile > with spaces.ext"); //FAILS(2) > $contents = > file_get_contents(urlencode("http://user:pass@domain.com/some/path/eitherfile > with spaces.ext")); //FAILS BUT I DON'T REALLY CARE > $contents = > file_get_contents(urlencode("http://user:pass@domain.com/some/path/eitherfilenospaces.ext")); //FAILS > BUT I DON'T REALLY CARE > $contents = > file_get_contents("http://user:pass@domain.com/some/path/".urlencode("eitherfile > with spaces.ext")); //FAILS WTF(1) > $contents = > file_get_contents("http://user:pass@domain.com/some/path/eitherfile+with+spaces.ext"); //FAILS > WTF(2) > > <br /> > <b>Warning</b>: > file_get_contents(http://...@domain.com/some/path/eitherfile+with+spaces.ext) > [<a href='function.file-get-contents'>function.file-get-contents</a>]: > failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found in > <b>/the/script/index.php</b> on line <b>(the file_get_contents > line)</b><br /> > > Yes, the files are there. > > file_get_contents docs: > Note: If you're opening a URI with special characters, such as spaces, > you need to encode the URI with urlencode(). > > WTF?!?! > How do I get FAILS(1) and FAILS(2) to work, in light of FAILS WTF(1) > and FAILS WTF(2)? > Try replacing the '+' signs with %20. Worked for me. I had the same results as you on my server. The only fix I found was to replace the + with %20. Maybe the user agent & server are doing something special that file_get_contents() & server are not doing. -- Jim Lucas "Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare