Curl and file_get_contents returns 404 even if url is valid?

[everybytescount]

check www.onluna.com/test_curl.php . i used file_get_contents() to retrieve data from a url but it only returns :

failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found in

the strangest thing is if i type the url im trying to open(you can see on the warning)
i get the right result so the file is definitely there. is this a problem with my hosting service? am i being block by the designated url server?

cant think of any other possible error,

appreciate for any help

[Markus]

Can we see the code please?

[Dormilich]

it’s possible to selectively block certain User Agents (can be done in Apache and most server side languages).

[everybytescount]

here's the code....

/*
$ch = curl_init ('http://www.templatemonster.com/webapi/categories.php?login=onluna&webapipassword=dc1baa3ffc98008920ff8f90a7a4c40d&linebreak=,&delim=:&/');
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$result = curl_exec ($ch);
curl_close ($ch);
*/
 
$result = file_get_contents('http://www.templatemonster.com/webapi/categories.php?login=onluna&webapipassword=dc1baa3ffc98008920ff8f90a7a4c40d&linebreak=,&delim=:&/');
echo $result;

just a simple use of file_get_contents...the commented block is the curl part which also failed, initially i thought that it was the curl version that might have change from my hosting side..but after also failing with file_get_contents() i know its not the curl library...ive tried on 3 hosting each has failed except for one.:

1. www.onluna.com/test_curl.php
2. http://lunaclient.com/test_curl.php
3. www.jhabu.com/test_curl.php (this one worked)

what kind of server configuration might have caused a 404 for the same methods of accessing?? why would anyone block a certain agent? and is it based on ip?

info for server configuration:

1. http://onluna.com/info.php
2. http://jhabu.com/info.php
3. http://lunaclient.com/php_info.php


im quiet perplexed by this...thank you for any insight

[Dormilich]

@everybytescount
for instance a missing request parameter.

@everybytescount
why should this anyone serve websites for something other than browsers?

note: that’s what I usually do, if my script finds that the User Agent is not capable of displaying my website, I send a 406 error.

@everybytescount
maybe

[Markus]

It works fine from my server.

[vijaymchauhan]

@everybytescount
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Have you got solution to this issue. I m facing same issue