how 2 read an non-existing file?! (I need help)

the following problem: I want to read out, if the firstname is a boy's name or a girl's name... therefore I've written this code: (which allready works) ------------------ <snap> ------------------- $fp=fopen('http://www.vornamenlexikon.de/main/suchen.asp?kriterium=search&B1 =Suchen&action=searchnow&searchby='.$name,"r"); if($fp){ $daten=fread($fp,100000); fclose($fp); $male='/m.gif'; $female='/w.gif'; if((strpos($daten,$female)>0)&&(strpos($daten,$male)>0)){ if(strpos($daten,$male)>strpos($daten,$female))$result='w'; else $result='m'; }else if(strpos($daten,$female)>0)$result='w'; else if(strpos($daten,$male)>0)$result='m'; } if(empty($result)){ $fp=fopen('http://www.kindername.de/'.strtolower(substr($name,0,1)).'-namen. htm',"r"); if($fp){ $namen=array(); $daten=fread($fp,100000); fclose($fp); $daten=strstr($daten,'<font size="4" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B>VORNAMEN MIT'); for($cnt=0;strpos($daten,'<tr>')>0;$cnt++){ $daten=substr(strstr($daten,'<tr>'),4); $tag=substr($daten,0,strpos($daten,'</tr>')); if(strpos($tag,'</td>')>0){ $x1=substr(strstr($tag,'<td>'),4); while(strpos($x1,' ')>0)$x1=str_replace(' ',' ',$x1);//TAB while(strpos($x1,' ')>0)$x1=str_replace(' ',' ',$x1);//DBLSPACE $x1=trim($x1); for($i=1;strpos($x1,'<td>')>0;$i++){ $field=strtolower(trim(strip_tags(substr($x1,0,strpos($x1,'</td>'))))); if($i==1)$namen[$cnt]=array($field); else if($i==2)$namen[$cnt]['gender']=trim($field); else if($i==3){ while(strpos($field,',')>0){ array_push($namen[$cnt],substr($field,0,strpos($field,','))); $field=substr(strstr($field,','),1); } array_push($namen[$cnt],$field); }else if($i==4){ if(in_array($name,$namen[$cnt]))$result=$namen[$cnt]['gender']; } $x1=substr(strstr($x1,'<td>'),4); } } } } } ------------------ </snap> ------------------- This code works, but I wanted to include another Datebase (Yahoo) So I included this function: ------------------ <snap> ------------------- $fp=@fopen('http://babynames.pregnancy.yahoo.com/bnfname?n='.$name,"r"); if($fp){ $daten=fread($fp,10000); fclose($fp); $male='boy'; $female='girl'; if((strpos($daten,$female)>0)&&(strpos($daten,$male)>0)){ if(strpos($daten,$male)>strpos($daten,$female))$result='w'; else $result='m'; }else if(strpos($daten,$female)>0)$result='w'; else if(strpos($daten,$male)>0)$result='m'; } ------------------ </snap> ------------------- But this code has no effect. It returns only an Error (404) The reason therefore is, that the targetting URL does'nt exist: Try this URL's http://babynames.pregnancy.yahoo.com/bnfname?n=Patrick or http://babynames.pregnancy.yahoo.com/bnfname.htm?n=Patrick http://babynames.pregnancy.yahoo.com/bnfname.?n=Patrick http://babynames.pregnancy.yahoo.com/bnfnameBLABLA?n=Patrick In a Browser its not nessesary to type in the correct Name "bnfname". So you can add what ever you want, but the result is the same (it works) But the problem is, to downloading this file, because then the reason is an 404-Error (not existing) Does anybody know an answer to this problem??? How can I download this file anyway... and read out the information I want? Thanks, Tribun (Patrick) --- www.mp3o.net PS: I know. its not the best english ;)