Re: Novice question

On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:24:07 -0000 "John Allsopp" <john@johnallsopp.co.uk> wrote: > Hi > > I'm afraid I've fallen a little out of touch with PHP dev, so a stupid > question for you. > > I want to write a script that requests a URL and then reads that > website .. I'm interested to map web structures. My web host is > saying I'll need URL file access enabled but that it's a) a security > risk and b) deprecated. > > So .. what's the good / proper / acceptable / secure way of reading in > URLs in PHP or .. isn't there one? cURL is the best one in my experience, but you have to manage security yourself. Meaning: Remember to escape/encode data. http://php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php > Cheers > J > > -- > 01723 376477 > > Cost-free marketing: http://www.flowmarketing.co.uk/ > > Affordable marketing guidance for small businesses: > http://www.amilliontweaks.co.uk/ > > Effective marketing services for SMEs: coming soon at > http://www.surgemarketing.co.uk > > Professional Internet marketing consultancy: > http://www.johnallsopp.co.uk > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >