problem to open a distant XML file in PHP

Hi,

I try to open a distant (not local) XML file in PHP to read an RSS feed.

I can open an HTML page and read it with the file() function.

But as soon as I try with a RSS feed instead of HTML and I try to read
or open with file() or fopen(), it doesn't work, I have the following
errors :

Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: php_hostconnect: connect failed in
D:\test.php on line 10

Warning: fopen(http://www.clubic.com/xml/news.xml) [function.fopen]:
failed to create stream: Bad file descriptor in D:\test.php on line 10

In my phpinfo, the parameters are like this :
PHP Version 4.3.1
Registered PHP Streams php, http, ftp, compress.zlib
allow_url_fopen On On
XML Support active
XML Namespace Support active
EXPAT Version 1.95.2

My source file is :
<?php
$fichier_xml = "http://www.clubic.com/xml/news.xml";
$file = fopen($fichier_xml,"r");
?>

Could someone help me ?

Thanks.

(Sorry for my "frenchynglish")

On Feb 13, 11:35 am, Claire DURAND <claidur...@NOSPAMyahoo.frwrote:

Quote:

Hi,
>
I try to open a distant (not local) XML file in PHP to read an RSS feed.
>
I can open an HTML page and read it with the file() function.
>
But as soon as I try with a RSS feed instead of HTML and I try to read
or open with file() or fopen(), it doesn't work, I have the following
errors :
>
Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: php_hostconnect: connect failed in
D:\test.php on line 10
>
Warning: fopen(http://www.clubic.com/xml/news.xml) [function.fopen]:
failed to create stream: Bad file descriptor in D:\test.php on line 10
>
In my phpinfo, the parameters are like this :
PHP Version 4.3.1
Registered PHP Streams php, http, ftp, compress.zlib
allow_url_fopen On On
XML Support active
XML Namespace Support active
EXPAT Version 1.95.2
>
My source file is :
<?php
$fichier_xml = "http://www.clubic.com/xml/news.xml";
$file = fopen($fichier_xml,"r");
?>
>
Could someone help me ?
>
Thanks.
>
(Sorry for my "frenchynglish")

You can't use fopen() on remote files. Try this instead:
$file = implode( '', file( $$fichier_xml ) );

That will put the entire rss feed into the $file variable for you to
parse or whatever

On Feb 13, 11:35 am, Claire DURAND <claidur...@NOSPAMyahoo.frwrote:

Quote:

Hi,
>
I try to open a distant (not local) XML file in PHP to read an RSS feed.
>
I can open an HTML page and read it with the file() function.
>
But as soon as I try with a RSS feed instead of HTML and I try to read
or open with file() or fopen(), it doesn't work, I have the following
errors :
>
Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: php_hostconnect: connect failed in
D:\test.php on line 10
>
Warning: fopen(http://www.clubic.com/xml/news.xml) [function.fopen]:
failed to create stream: Bad file descriptor in D:\test.php on line 10
>
In my phpinfo, the parameters are like this :
PHP Version 4.3.1
Registered PHP Streams php, http, ftp, compress.zlib
allow_url_fopen On On
XML Support active
XML Namespace Support active
EXPAT Version 1.95.2
>
My source file is :
<?php
$fichier_xml = "http://www.clubic.com/xml/news.xml";
$file = fopen($fichier_xml,"r");
?>
>
Could someone help me ?
>
Thanks.
>
(Sorry for my "frenchynglish")

Try this:

$file = implode( '', file( $fichier_xml ) );

Instead for that last line, it will just put the entire feed into the
$file variable. I'm just guessing, I don't know if that will solve
your problem for sure.

sumguyovrthar wrote:

Quote:

You can't use fopen() on remote files. Try this instead:
$file = implode( '', file( $$fichier_xml ) );

Rubbish !

(PHP 4, PHP 5)
fopen — Opens file or URL

This works for me:

$URL = "http://wwe.......";

if (!($remotefile = @ fopen("$URL", "r"))) {
//echo "Error: url could not be opened<br />\n";
die();
}

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VS