Re: fopen not opening url

yeah i've tried opening it directly in a browser and it works fine... i also tried your LoadFile function and the problem is when php calls the fopen() function. It doesn't want to open that file. Here are the errors i get back from PHP: Warning: php_hostconnect: connect failed in d:\files\htdocs\lbjs\new_websites\krox\xml.php on line 24 Warning: fopen("http://p.moreover.com/cgi-local/page?c=Music%20business%20news&o=xml" ,"r") - Bad file descriptor in d:\files\htdocs\lbjs\new_websites\krox\xml.php on line 24 I have no idea as to why i'm getting these or what they mean. Thanks, jay ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lawrence.Sheed@dfait-maeci.gc.ca> To: <jpaulson@lbjs.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 2:01 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] fopen not opening url > Are you still having problems? > > Things to try: > > 1. Try and open the url directly in a browser. > eg > http://p.moreover.com/cgi-local/page?c=Music%20business%20news&o=xml > > Does it return data (you may need to change the &o=xml to &o=html though). > > Some countries (like the one I'm in China, have moreover access banned via > some providers) > > 2. socket blocking - you may need to enable or disable this dependant on > your server settings: > set_socket_blocking ($connection,false); > > function LoadFile ($filename,$block=false){ > $fd = fopen( $filename, "r" ); > if ($block) set_socket_blocking ($fd,true); > $contents = fread( $fd, filesize( $filename ) ); > fclose( $fd ); > return ($contents); > } > > Without socket blocking > LoadFile > > ("http://p.moreover.com/cgi-local/page?c=Music%20business%20news&o=xml"); > > > With socket blocking > LoadFile > ("http://p.moreover.com/cgi-local/page?c=Music%20business%20news&o=xml",true > ); > > 3. I use something like this for reads on difficult servers (some china mail > servers are a p.i.a to get at sometimes). > > Function GetLine() { > $timeout=30; > $iStartTime = time(); > set_socket_blocking($this->connection, false); > > $line = fread($this->connection,128); > while(empty($line)){ > $line = fread($this->connection,128); > usleep(250000); > } > if ($debug) { > print ($line) ."<br>"; > System("echo ''"); > flush; > } > > return ($line); > } > > > Let me know how you do. > > Lawrence. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jay Paulson [mailto:jpaulson@lbjs.com] > Sent: July 31, 2001 5:17 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] fopen not opening url > > > here's the code i'm using below to try and open up the url.. :) > > thanks! > jay > > $fp = > fopen("http://p.moreover.com/cgi-local/page?c=Music%20business%20news&o=xml" > , "r"); > $length = filesize($fp); > $content = fread($fp,$length); > fclose($fp); > echo $content; > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Dempsey" <dabigdemp@hotmail.com> > To: "'Jay Paulson'" <jpaulson@lbjs.com> > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 1:52 PM > Subject: RE: [PHP] fopen not opening url > > > > Hi jay, > > > > I've done the exact thing you're trying, and it works...paste in some > > code so we can see where its going wrong... > > > > jack > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jay Paulson [mailto:jpaulson@lbjs.com] > > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 2:08 PM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] fopen not opening url > > > > hello- > > I'm trying to use the fopen() command to open the url below and just > > read it > > into another $var. However, I'm having some problems.... the warning i > > get > > is below along with the url in the warning. Anyone know what's going on > > here?? > > > > Thanks, > > jay > > > > Warning: php_hostconnect: connect failed > > Warning: > > > > fopen("http://p.moreover.com/cgi-local/page?c=Music%20business%20news&o= > > xml" > > ,"r") - Bad file descriptor > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >