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Tu Hoang
Tu Hoang

Reputation: 4712

file_get_contents() error

I am using file_get_contents on my PHP and it throws some errors:

My code

#try to fetch from remote
$this->remotePath = "http://some-hostname.com/blah/blah.xml
$fileIn = @file_get_contents($this->remotePath);

The errors:

Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /virtual/path/to/file/outputFile.php on line 127

Warning: file_get_contents(https://some-host-name/data/inputFile.xml) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /virtual/path/to/file/outputFile.php on line 127

Any idea? It worked fine in my computer but stopped working when I ported it to the web server.

Upvotes: 9

Views: 30805

Answers (2)

Abhay
Abhay

Reputation: 6645

It seems "allow_url_fopen" setting is false on your server and hence does not allow using URLs with file_get_contents().

Try using CURL instead that is a better and efficient way of communicating with other server.

Upvotes: 5

user142162
user142162

Reputation:

Your server must have the allow_url_fopen property set to true. Being on a free webhost explains it, as it's usually disabled to prevent abuse. If you paid for your hosting, get in contact with your host so they can enable it for you.

If changing that setting is not an option, then have a look at the cURL library.

Upvotes: 16

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