PHP: FOPEN issue

[Giorgio Sam]

Hello there,
WEIRD...fopen couldn't open any http file while it's working fine with any local file.
I've tried the following:
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1.

$fp = fopen("D:\Software\\test.txt","r"); 
while($data = fgets($fp, 400)) 
echo $data; 
#--> Result OK 
 

2.

$fp = fopen("http://www.google.fr","r"); 
while($data = fgets($fp, 400)) 
echo $data; 
#--> Result: Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: php_network_getaddresses: gethostbyname failed in C:\wamp\www\hotelGlobe\hotels_list4.php on line 4 
 
# Warning: fopen(http://www.google.fr) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No error in C:\wamp\www\hotelGlobe\hotels_list4.php on line 4
 

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P.S: I've tried with PHP4 and PHP5 but in vain.Same result with file_get_contents().
Please advise.
Thx in advance!
Configuration: Windows XP
Internet Explorer 6.0

[Atli]

Hi Giorgio. Welcome to The Scripts!

If you want to use fopen() to open an URL, the 'allow_fopen_url' directive of the php.ini configuration must be enabled. This can not be set using ini_set() for security reasons.

[Giorgio Sam]

Hi Atli,
Thanks for ur reply.
This is 2 inform u that 'allow_fopen_url' is already set to enabled.
I'm wondering if the cause comes from my proxy settings.
How can I check it ?
Any clues?

BRs,