weird error with file() and implode()

[Stephen Kay]

Maybe I don't understand how to use this yet, but I was using (example):

$html = implode('', file('http://www.mysite.com/transbar.html') );
echo $html;
This works.

But if I try it on a .php file:
$html = implode('', file('http://www.mysite.com/transbar.php')) ;

I get this error:

Warning: file("http://www.mysite.com/transbar.php") - Success in
/home/cust1/usr2345/html/setuptransbar.p hp on line 47

Warning: Bad arguments to implode() in
/home/cust1/usr2345/html/setuptransbar.p hp on line 47
Can't you read in a php file this way?

Thanks,
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Stephen Kay
Karma-Lab [e-mail]
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[Colin McKinnon]

Stephen Kay wrote:

$html = implode('', file('http://www.mysite.com/transbar.php')) ;

I get this error:

Warning: file("http://www.mysite.com/transbar.php") - Success in
/home/cust1/usr2345/html/setuptransbar.p hp on line 47

Warning: Bad arguments to implode() in
/home/cust1/usr2345/html/setuptransbar.p hp on line 47
Can't you read in a php file this way?

Apparently not - I presume the script doesn't generate any output and you
really want the source?

C.

[diogo86]

i agree that the script may not be genarating any output. you check it
doing this:

echo '<pre>'; print_r(file('h ttp://www.mysite.com/transbar.php')) ; echo
'</pre>';

it shows up the array you got from this request. however you won't be
able to read the source once you're making a http request.

and if you want the output as a string you should use
file_get_conten ts().

[Stephen Kay]

in article 11************* *********@t31g2 00...legr oups.com,
di*****@gmail.c om at di*****@gmail.c om wrote on 3/29/06 5:37 PM:

and if you want the output as a string you should use
file_get_conten ts().

Thanks, I would if my ISP was using PHP >= 4.3. It's using 4.1.
--
Stephen Kay
Karma-Lab [e-mail]
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[Stephen Kay]

I'm wondering if there is any advantage one way or the other to these two
methods of reading an html file:

1. using fopen and friends:

$myFile = "http://www.example.com/page.html";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'r');
$content1 = fread($fh, filesize($myFil e));
fclose($fh);
2. using imploed, and file:

$content1 = implode('', file("http://www.example.com/page.html"));
They both seem to work equally well, but the number 1. seems to be more
robust with different file types...
Note: I can't use file_get_conten ts() because my ISP's PHP version is 4.1 or
so.
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Stephen Kay
Karma-Lab [e-mail]
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