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Re: file_get_contents doesn’t access one URL

From Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: file_get_contents doesn’t access one URL
Date 2012-11-12 08:51 -0500
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On 11/12/2012 8:38 AM, Denis McMahon wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:19:29 +0100, Luuk wrote:
>
>> On 10-11-2012 21:06, Charlie wrote:
>>> http://www.philadelphia.careerboard.com/job/3167962-MUMPS~2FCache-
> DBA.aspx
>>>
>>> The above is a legitimate URL that I can access by copying it into the
>>> address field of my browser.  However, as an argument to
>>> file_get_contents I get the error message,
>>>
>>> Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.philadelphia.careerboard.com/job/
>>> 3167962-MUMPS~2FCache-DBA.aspx) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to
>>> open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
>
>> When i visit the page, AND debug this site using Fiddler* i see a 404
>> too.
>
> Firefox sees a web page. Wget sees a 301 redirect followed by a 404:
>
> $ wget http://www.philadelphia.careerboard.com/job/3167962-MUMPS~2FCache-
> DBA.aspx
> --2012-11-12 13:28:57--  http://www.philadelphia.careerboard.com/
> job/3167962-MUMPS~2FCache-DBA.aspx
> Resolving www.philadelphia.careerboard.com
> (www.philadelphia.careerboard.com)... 64.74.112.101
> Connecting to www.philadelphia.careerboard.com
> (www.philadelphia.careerboard.com)|64.74.112.101|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
> Location: http://philadelphia.careerboard.com/job/3167962-MUMPS~2FCache-
> DBA.aspx [following]
> --2012-11-12 13:28:57--  http://philadelphia.careerboard.com/job/3167962-
> MUMPS~2FCache-DBA.aspx
> Resolving philadelphia.careerboard.com (philadelphia.careerboard.com)...
> 64.74.112.101
> Connecting to philadelphia.careerboard.com (philadelphia.careerboard.com)|
> 64.74.112.101|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
> 2012-11-12 13:28:57 ERROR 404: Not Found.
>
> Rgds
>
> Denis McMahon
>

Denis,

Not quite.  Firefox gets the same 301 and 404.  But FF loads some 
Javascript (must be part of the 404 error page) and continues processing 
from there.

They are obviously doing what they can to prevent people from doing just 
what the op is trying to do.


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file_get_contents doesn’t access one URL Charlie <shymathguy@gmail.com> - 2012-11-10 12:06 -0800
  Re: file_get_contents doesn’t access one URL Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2012-11-10 21:19 +0100
    Re: file_get_contents doesn’t access one URL Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-11-12 13:38 +0000
      Re: file_get_contents doesn’t access one URL Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-11-12 08:51 -0500
        Re: file_get_contents doesn’t access one URL Chuck Anderson <cycletourist@invalid.invalid> - 2012-11-12 14:01 -0700
          Re: file_get_contents doesn’t access one URL Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-11-12 17:13 -0500
            Re: file_get_contents doesn’t access one URL Chuck Anderson <cycletourist@invalid.invalid> - 2012-11-12 18:13 -0700
              Re: file_get_contents doesn’t access one URL Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-11-13 08:49 -0500
  Re: file_get_contents doesn't access one URL "Alex vdB" <alex@invalid> - 2012-11-12 14:11 +0100

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