Cross Domain Proxy : Blank XML returned when url contains space

[swarnendude]

Hi All,

 

      I am using a proxy to retrieve data (in xml format) from a remote server. Depending on a search string, a url is formed : for example, if search string is "hello all", then the url will be :

'http://songbuzz.rediff.com/search/hello all?output=xml'

 

when this search string is a single string, i am getting proper xml data...but when there are multiple strings, most of the time I am not getting any result - A blank response.

 

Following is my proxy code:

 

// The actual form action
$action = $_REQUEST['url'];

// Initiate cURL
$ch = curl_init();

// Do we need to POST of GET ?
if (strtoupper($method) == 'POST')
{
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $action);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields);  [i am not using the field attribute]
}
else
{
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $action);
}

// Follow redirects and return the transfer
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);

// Get result and close cURL
$result = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

// Return the response
header('Content-Type: text/xml'); 
echo $result;

 

 

I tried several other proxies (open source available) but the same thing is happening.

Can you tell me where am I going wrong?

 

 

Thanks,

Swarnendu

 

[mattal999]

$action = str_replace(" ", "+", $_REQUEST['url']);

Should do the job.

[salathe]

Look to urlencode-ing the value so that non-URL-safe characters are not sent along as part of the URL.