Re: Warning: file_get_contents(): Filename cannot be empty

On Mon, 2015-03-09 at 10:40 +0300, hadi wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk] > > Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 10:31 AM > > To: Marcos Almeida Azevedo > > Cc: hadi; PHP General > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Warning: file_get_contents(): Filename cannot be empty > > > > On Mon, 2015-03-09 at 15:25 +0800, Marcos Almeida Azevedo wrote: > > > > Hi every one, > > > > > > > > Im getting error while using file_get_contents(): function. > > > > > > > > (Warning: file_get_contents(): Filename cannot be empty) > > > > > > > > Im using file_get_contents(): function to get urls links from > > > ($convert) > > > > variable. > > > > > > > > Here is my code > > > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > > > > > > > error_reporting(E_ALL); > > > > ini_set("display_errors", 1); > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > $url = > > > > "http://www.sahafah.net/rss.php"; > > > > > > > > > > > > $rss = file_get_contents($url); > > > > > > > > > > > > > I believe file_get_contents should be used on a local file and not > > > remote or over http > > > > You can use file_get_contents() on URLs, but you need to have the > > allow_url_fopen ini setting on, which a lot of shared hosting providers won't > > allow. I don't remember if this is on or off by default. > > allow_url_fopen its on in my system, im using php on windows with apache. > > What about im getting error from file_get_contents()..... > > > I just made a quick test script and this works fine: <?php $url = "http://www.sahafah.net/rss.php"; $rss = file_get_contents($url); var_dump($rss); So it sounds like something on your system. Can you confirm that allow_url_fopen is on (with a phpinfo() call perhaps or an ini_get() call) Next thing to check is the Windows firewall. It could be blocking the outbound call. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk