Fopen problems

[joker197cinque]

I'm trying to fopen a file this way:

$handle = fopen("http://localhost/test.html", "r");

but tha page remains "loading .." for 30 seconds and then goes in
timeout.

However I can open that file this way:

$handle = fopen("c:\web\test.html", "r");

What is the difference and how can I make the first instruction to
work?

Best regards.

F.

[Captain Paralytic]

On 23 May, 11:35, joker197cinque <[e-mail]:

I'm trying to fopen a file this way:

$handle = fopen("http://localhost/test.html", "r");

but tha page remains "loading .." for 30 seconds and then goes in
timeout.

However I can open that file this way:

$handle = fopen("c:\web\test.html", "r");

What is the difference and how can I make the first instruction to
work?

Best regards.

F.

What happens if you just put http://localhost/test.html in your
browser address bar?
Does the page display?

[Captain Paralytic]

On 23 May, 11:35, joker197cinque <[e-mail]:

I'm trying to fopen a file this way:

$handle = fopen("http://localhost/test.html", "r");

but tha page remains "loading .." for 30 seconds and then goes in
timeout.

However I can open that file this way:

$handle = fopen("c:\web\test.html", "r");

What is the difference and how can I make the first instruction to
work?

Best regards.

F.

Also have you read the manual on fopen?
http://uk.php.net/fopen
where it says:
If PHP has decided that filename specifies a registered protocol, and
that protocol is registered as a network URL, PHP will check to make
sure that allow_url_fopen is enabled. If it is switched off, PHP will
emit a warning and the fopen call will fail.

Have you got warning messages enabled?

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22=C1lvaro_G=2E_Vicario=22?=]

joker197cinque escribió:

$handle = fopen("http://localhost/test.html", "r");

but tha page remains "loading .." for 30 seconds and then goes in
timeout.

However I can open that file this way:

$handle = fopen("c:\web\test.html", "r");

What is the difference and how can I make the first instruction to
work?

http://localhost/test.html is a web site and c:\web\test.html is a file
in your hard disc.

Do you really need to load a file from a third-party web server? I'm
almost sure that a simple fopen('test.html', 'r') will do for you.

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[joker197cinque]

On 23 Mag, 12:55, Captain Paralytic <[e-mail]:

Have you got warning messages enabled?

If I browse that URL via browser it works.

If I add error_reporting ALL I obtain:

[function.fopen]: failed to open stream: A connection attempt failed
because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of
time, or established connection failed because connected host has
failed to respond. in C:\AppServ\www\go.php on line 4

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in C:
\AppServ\www\go.php on line 4

Any help appreciated.

[joker197cinque]

On 23 Mag, 13:06, "Álvaro G. Vicario"
<[e-mail]:

Do you really need to load a file from a third-party web server? I'm
almost sure that a simple fopen('test.html', 'r') will do for you.

I tried with relative path too...with no luck

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joker197cinque escribió:

On 23 Mag, 13:06, "Álvaro G. Vicario"
<[e-mail]:

>Do you really need to load a file from a third-party web server? I'm
almost sure that a simple fopen('test.html', 'r') will do for you.

I tried with relative path too...with no luck

Do you have a specific need? Coding randomly will eventually produce
something that runs without errors or timeouts but... will it solve your
problem?
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[Captain Paralytic]

On 23 May, 12:06, "Álvaro G. Vicario"
<[e-mail]:

Do you really need to load a file from a third-party web server? I'm
almost sure that a simple fopen('test.html', 'r') will do for you.

He already said in the OP:
However I can open that file this way:

$handle = fopen("c:\web\test.html", "r");

[joker197cinque]

On 23 Mag, 13:48, "Álvaro G. Vicario"
<[e-mail]:

joker197cinque escribió:

On 23 Mag, 13:06, "Álvaro G. Vicario"
<[e-mail]:

Do you really need to load a file from a third-party web server? I'm
almost sure that a simple fopen('test.html', 'r') will do for you.

I tried with relative path too...with no luck

Do you have a specific need?

I would only open a local url from a php page.

Coding randomly will eventually produce
something that runs without errors or timeouts but... will it solve your
problem?

I didn't understand.

[joker197cinque]

If I open url this way:

fopen("test.html", "r") from my go.php page it works.

I now have to pass some vars to this page:

fopen("test.html?var1=test&var2=test", "r");

but this does not work.

Which is the correct way?

Best regards.

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22=C1lvaro_G=2E_Vicario=22?=]

joker197cinque escribió:

If I open url this way:

fopen("test.html", "r") from my go.php page it works.

I now have to pass some vars to this page:

fopen("test.html?var1=test&var2=test", "r");

but this does not work.

Which is the correct way?

You mean this?

::: go.php

<?php
$var1 = 'test';
$var2 = 'test';
require('test.html');
?>

::: test.html

<?php
print "Hello $var1 and $var2\n";
?>

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[joker197cinque]

On 23 Mag, 14:27, "Álvaro G. Vicario"
<[e-mail]:

You mean this?

[CUT]

No, I mean to fopen (or whatelse function) a simple URL that should
contain some stuff in querystring (search.php?q=stuff) as when I try
to do this:

fopen("test.html?var1=test&var2=test", "r");

it does not work.

Any help?

Regards.

[sheldonlg]

joker197cinque wrote:

On 23 Mag, 14:27, "Álvaro G. Vicario"
<[e-mail]:

>You mean this?

[CUT]

No, I mean to fopen (or whatelse function) a simple URL that should
contain some stuff in querystring (search.php?q=stuff) as when I try
to do this:

fopen("test.html?var1=test&var2=test", "r");

it does not work.

Any help?

Regards.

What do **YOU** mean by open? You seem to be flipping between two
things. On the one hand you seem to want to open something (a file) so
that can read in its contents and do something with it. On the other
hand, you seem to simply want to "open" a web page, aka displaying it,
with passed in parameters. Can you explain exactly what you are trying
to do? That is, what is your larger problem?

[Michael Fesser]

..oO(joker197cinque)

>On 23 Mag, 14:27, "Álvaro G. Vicario"
<[e-mail]:

>You mean this?

[CUT]

No, I mean to fopen (or whatelse function) a simple URL that should
contain some stuff in querystring (search.php?q=stuff) as when I try
to do this:

Yes, but if the requested file is on the same machine, you can use other
ways to include it and pass values to it, as shown in Álvaro's example.
Might require some changes in the code, though.

>fopen("test.html?var1=test&var2=test", "r");

it does not work.

Any help?

Just to summarize:

* opening test.html directly on disk with fopen()
-works

* calling http://localhost/test.html?var1=test&var2=test in the browser
-works

* opening http://localhost/test.html?var1=test&var2=test with fopen()
-fails

Correct?

Can you open other external URLs with fopen() or file_get_contents()?
Does something appear in the server's logfiles? Does this all happen on
a single machine or is the web server running on another machine than
the browser for example?

Micha

[Michael Fesser]

..oO(sheldonlg)

>What do **YOU** mean by open? You seem to be flipping between two
things. On the one hand you seem to want to open something (a file) so
that can read in its contents and do something with it. On the other
hand, you seem to simply want to "open" a web page, aka displaying it,

Opening a web page with fopen() doesn't necessarily mean that it's
intended for displaying it. You pass some variables to an external
script via HTTP, get the results back and then do something with it.
But for the OP this call fails for some unknown reason.

Micha

[Guillaume]

joker197cinque a écrit :

fopen("test.html?var1=test&var2=test", "r");

it does not work.

As far as I know, if you don't specify a protocol, it tries to open as
file, and the filesystem has absolutely no idea how to handle ? and &,
it just treats them as part of the file name.

So I think you're just trying to open the file
"test.html?var1=test&var2=test" in the current directory, which file of
course doesn't exist, so it fails.

Stick to loading
"http://whateverdomain.tld/test.html?var1=test&var2=test" and find your
issue, cause this is the way it should work if you need an URI parsing.

My guess is your problem is some kind of configuration problem, either
with your local webserver, or php file handling, or url handling (do PHP
know what "localhost" is ?) that prevent the access.

Regards,
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Guillaume