file_get_contents() alternative

[php_b34st]

Hi,

I am trying to use file_get_contents() but my host does not have allow_url_fopen enabled. Is there an alternative way to grab the data or do I have to get a new host?

 

Thanks

[thebadbad]

There is cURL, if you've got that installed. Example from the manual comments:

 

<?php
function curl_get_file_contents($URL)
    {
        $c = curl_init();
        curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
        curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $URL);
        $contents = curl_exec($c);
        curl_close($c);

        if ($contents) return $contents;
            else return FALSE;
    }
?>

[.josh]

or maybe sockets.

[php_b34st]

Thanks for the replies,

 

There is cURL, if you've got that installed. Example from the manual comments:

 

I do not think that the host allows curl either.

 

or maybe sockets.

 

Dont sockets use fopen() aswell?

[.josh]

well i don't know much about sockets, but I think with sockets, the file is sent to you through the socket and then when you use fopen you are using it locally, so that whole allow_url_fopen shouldn't apply.  I could be wrong; as I said, I don't know much about sockets.

[discomatt]

http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Allow_url_fopen might help