Opening URLs as Files

[rabark]

I'm trying to open a URL via the file_get_contents method, but it's not working (throws the "failed to open stream: No such file or directory " message).  The phpinfo method shows that PHP has been configured with allow_url_fopen set to "On".

 

It should be noted however that I'm trying to access a "https" URL.  Does file_get_contents() work with https?

[rhodesa]

It should. Is the page you are trying to get restricted? As in you need to login in with a username/password first?

 

Also, please post some code

[Isityou]

HTTPS works fine with file_get_contents()

[rabark]

Thank you for the quick replies 

 

To my knowledge, the page is not restricted in any way.  Also, I am able to copy and paste the URL from the warning message to the address bar and access the page (a bunch of XML) just fine.

 

Also, please post some code

 

My previous theory was that https doesn't work with file methods.  My current theory is that the problem lies somewhere on the server or network since I'm able to use it on some URLs but not others and I am sending emails back and forth to the administrator.  For what it's worth however, here is the code of interest (URL has been censored for privacy, but its structure is the same):

 

$url = "https://some.host.com:1234/directory/WebService.jws/mymethod?arg1=value1&arg2=value2&arg3=value3&";
$xml = file_get_contents($url);

print "This is what was returned:<br><br>";
print nl2br($xml);

 

 

[PHP Monkeh]

.jws = Java Web Start isn't it?

 

I'm not sure how file_get_contents() handles arguments in the URL as well.

 

Is the file you're trying to read the .jws or mymethod?

[rabark]

Java Web Service.  At least I think that's what it is; I'd have to get in touch with the developers of the Web service to verify it.

 

What I'm trying to read is the output of mymethod which is in XML format.