Re: is_readable(http://.... text file) says not, but I canin browser

John Allsopp wrote:

Daniel Brown wrote:

On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 13:02, John Allsopp <john@johnallsopp.co.uk> wrote:

      $myFileLast = "http://www.myDomain.com/text.txt";
      if (is_readable($myFileLast))
      {
          $fh = fopen($myFileLast, 'r');
          $theDataLast = fread($fh, 200);
          fclose($fh);
          echo ("The dataLast: ".$theDataLast."<br>\n");
      } else
      {
          echo ("Last fix file unavailable: $myFileLast<br>\n");
      }
    

Simplified: <?php

    $myFileLast = "http://www.myDomain.com/text.txt";
    $theDataLast = file_get_contents($myFileLast);

?>

    You can manipulate the code as you see fit.  If it doesn't work,

then check your php.ini file (if you have access) to ensure that you have this line:

        allow_url_fopen = On

Thanks, that worked a treat except I was getting warnings on 404. I looked around for solutions to that and it appears curl might handle that better, so I'm currently working on that. Many thanks tho .. let me know if you know how to stop the warnings :-) J

error supression is @ so: <?php

    $myFileLast = "http://www.myDomain.com/text.txt";
    $theDataLast = @file_get_contents($myFileLast);

?> or using a conditional block <?php $myFileLast = "http://www.myDomain.com/text.txt"; if( ($theDataLast = file_get_contents($myFileLast)) !== FALSE ) {

    // proceed

} ?>