Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Programming Discussion : I am NOT a PHP guy...

[Mike Bell]

$simple = implode('',file($url));

I have a URL. Why oh why would $simple be empty? I'm a .NET guy 100%... and I'm bout to cut my wrists with this. I'm supposed to be scraping a page here and saving it to a localized page.... but nothing happens (and if yo ucan't tell this wasn't my script.. I'm just trying to troubleshoot why it's not working on my site). :-)

Thanks in advance....

Mike

[Mike Bell]

BTW, as a very simple test I tried:

$simple = implode('',file('http://www.myonlineimages.com/test.php'));
echo $simple;

Nothing!&#%#*^*#

[zoldar]

It doesn't work, because the server's php configuration you are working on doesn't allow it.

Php's default setting (php.ini):
allow_url_fopen = Off

It should be On to make this work.

[arkin]

Hey, another easier method would be.

$simple=file_get_contents("http://www.myonlineimages.com/test.php");
echo $simple;

[zoldar]

In php.ini:

; Whether to allow the treatment of URLs (like http:// or ftp://) as files.
allow_url_fopen = Off

None of the file related functions will work unless it's set to off - no matter if it's file, file_get_contents, fopen etc.

[Burhan]

If that doesn't work for you, you can always use Snoopy.

[Mike Bell]

Thnx guys. Switching hosts now... lol after 4 hours of fighting with it NOW I learn about the php.ini option being off... LOL

[KyleDesjardins]

I would look for a way around using allow_url_fopen because it can present a security problem. But if you aren't worried about that go ahead.