note 66343 added to function.fopen

php 4.4.2 realy introduced a blocker problem with fopen() (http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=36017) In that case you can use sockets for file open. Example. Not $viart_xml = fopen("http://www.viart.com/viart_shop.xml", "r"); But $viart_xml = fsockopen("www.viart.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 12); fputs($viart_xml, "GET /viart_shop.xml HTTP/1.0\r\n"); fputs($viart_xml, "Host: www.viart.com\r\n"); fputs($viart_xml, "Referer: http://www.viart.com\r\n"); fputs($viart_xml, "User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)\r\n\r\n"); After that you can use $viart_xml as a simple file :) ---- Server IP: 195.248.191.91 Probable Submitter: 193.24.25.61 ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/66343 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/66343/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/66343/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/66343/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/66343/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/66343/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/66343/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/66343 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/66343 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php