how do you suppress errors produced by file()

[lkrubner]

I'm getting this error:

<b>Warning</b>:
file(http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publicpen.com%2Fupdate.php%3 FcbHeadline%3DTestimonials%26amp%3BcbDateCreated%3 D%26amp%3BcbUserName%3D%26amp%3BpageAddress%3Dhttp %3A%2F%2Fwww.publicdomainsoftware.org%2Fgo%2Findex .php%3FpageId%3D33119):
failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
<b>/home/httpd/vhosts/publicdomainsoftware.org/httpdocs/go/pdsIncludes/CommandUpdatePublicPen.php</b>
on line <b>64</b><br />

these are lines 56-64:

$url = "http://www.publicpen.com/update.php";
$url .= "?cbHeadline=$cbHeadline";
if ($cbHeadline == "") $url .=
"&amp;cbMainContent=$cbMainContent";
$url .= "&amp;cbDateCreated=$cbDateCreated";
$url .= "&amp;cbUserName=$cbUserName";
$url .= "&amp;pageAddress=$pageAddress";

$url = urlencode($url);
$arrayOfPublicPenResponse = file($url);

I don't get the urlencode thing. The file is there, I've checked many
times, so am I getting an error that says it isn't there?

[Kimmo Laine]

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I'm getting this error:

<b>Warning</b>:
file(http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publicpen.com%2Fupdate.php%3 FcbHeadline%3DTestimonials%26amp%3BcbDateCreated%3 D%26amp%3BcbUserName%3D%26amp%3BpageAddress%3Dhttp %3A%2F%2Fwww.publicdomainsoftware.org%2Fgo%2Findex .php%3FpageId%3D33119):
failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
<b>/home/httpd/vhosts/publicdomainsoftware.org/httpdocs/go/pdsIncludes/CommandUpdatePublicPen.php</b>
on line <b>64</b><br />

these are lines 56-64:

$url = "http://www.publicpen.com/update.php";
$url .= "?cbHeadline=$cbHeadline";
if ($cbHeadline == "") $url .=
"&amp;cbMainContent=$cbMainContent";
$url .= "&amp;cbDateCreated=$cbDateCreated";
$url .= "&amp;cbUserName=$cbUserName";
$url .= "&amp;pageAddress=$pageAddress";

$url = urlencode($url);
$arrayOfPublicPenResponse = file($url);

I don't get the urlencode thing. The file is there, I've checked many
times, so am I getting an error that says it isn't there?

You should not urlencode the domain part. This here:
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publicpen.com%2Fupdate.php%3F should not be encoded, that
should be plaintext http://www.publicpen.com/update.php? so you urlencode
just the query part. And another thing: you use &amp; in html code, but not
in the query itself, so let's change em back to plain &'s. Plus you should
encode them either.

To achieve this, modify your code a bit:
$url = "http://www.publicpen.com/update.php?";
$query = urlencode("cbHeadline=$cbHeadline");
if ($cbHeadline == "") $query .=
'&'.urlencode("cbMainContent=$cbMainContent");
$query .= '&'.urlencode("cbDateCreated=$cbDateCreated");
$query .= '&'.urlencode("cbUserName=$cbUserName");
$query .= '&'.urlencode("pageAddress=$pageAddress");

$arrayOfPublicPenResponse = file($url.$query);

Now your handling the URI and the query string separately and encoding just
the query parameters.

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Kimmo Laine <et****************@5P4Mgmail.com>

[lkrubner]

>You should not urlencode the domain part. This here:

http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publicpen.com%2Fupdate.php %3F should not be

encoded, thatshould be plaintext http://www.publicpen.com/updat e.php? so you
urlencode
just the query part.

Thanks, that's useful.
And another thing: you use &amp; in html code, but not
in the query itself, so let's change em back to plain &'s. Plus you should
encode them either.

No actually, an ampersand by itself is not allowed in any part of the
url. In the url, you have to use &amp;, not "&". You can not get your
pages to validate if you are using "&".

[Kimmo Laine]

<lk******@geocities.com> kirjoitti
viestissä:11*********************@o13g2000cwo.goog legroups.com...

You should not urlencode the domain part. This here:
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publicpen.com%2Fupdate.php %3F should not be

encoded, that

should be plaintext http://www.publicpen.com/updat e.php? so you
urlencode
just the query part.

Thanks, that's useful.

And another thing: you use &amp; in html code, but not
in the query itself, so let's change em back to plain &'s. Plus you
should
encode them either.

No actually, an ampersand by itself is not allowed in any part of the
url. In the url, you have to use &amp;, not "&". You can not get your
pages to validate if you are using "&".

Yes, it is allowed in url. It's not allowed in HTML code, but _is_ allowed
in the url, and in fact you have to use it instead of &amp;. The html code
gets fucked if & is found without an entity, but when you click on a link,
the browser converts &amp;'s to plain &'s. When you are accessing a remote
file with the file() function, you HAVE TO use the plain & url. You don't
have to believe me, but I'm not making this shit up, I know this for a fact.
I guess you have to screw it up yourself to believe.

--
SETI @ Home - Donate your cpu's idle time to science.
Further reading at <http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/>
Kimmo Laine <et****************@5P4Mgmail.com>