note 71688 added to function.fsockopen

In opening a socket and writing the contents to a file, i was getting some wierd errors. Namely: Random characters dispersed throughout the file output I opted to use cURL instead, and it immediately fixed the problem. Here's a tutorial for getting cURL set up on Apache/PHP/Windows: http://www.tonyspencer.com/mt/archives/2003/10/curl_with_php_a.htm Good Luck! ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 66.92.182.130 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fsockopen.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/71688 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71688/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71688/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71688/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71688/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71688/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71688/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71688 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/71688 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php