note 2041 deleted from function.fopen by irc-html

Reading a url with a username and password works through a proxy server too, but (as far as I can tell) you need to enable "basic authentication" on proxy servers that doesn't have this feature on by default (MS Proxy) $fp = fopen(proxyuser:proxypassword@www.somehost.com/index.html); If you specify the wrong proxy userid/password or nothing at all, you will receive a "success" warning, which is a bit confusing, but obviously nothing from the url you requested.