File_get_contents (url): failed to open stream Solution

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Hello Everyone; I am having a php file that gets the contents from a URL, I am getting the failure message Collapse | Copy CodeWarning: file_get_contents (http: // xxxxxx ): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! In xxxx. php on line xx I tried so far online solutions but its still not working. here is the code Collapse | Copy Code $ cryptpass = rawurlencode (crypt ($ pc ['pcpassword']); $ url = "http ://". $ pc ['pcname']. "/Reports/ReportList. php? & Username = {$ pc ['pcusername']} & cryptpass = $ cryptpass & noredir = 1 "; $ parsed_list = read_general_list ($ url, false ); collapse | Copy Codefunction read_general_list ($ url, $ make_assoc = false) {$ compressed_data = file_get_contents ($ url);} $ compressed_data is always null and it throws an error: Warning: file_get_contents (http: // xxxxxx): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! In xxxx. php on line xx Any suggestions please?

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I am sorry, I never updated this question completely. may be if some one is still looking for an answer. this has worked for me. this is the equivalent function for File_get_contents, but can handle large amount of data. I found this solution online. collapse | Copy Code function file_get_contents_curl ($ url) {$ ch = curl_init (); curl_setopt ($ ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0); curl_setopt ($ ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1 ); // Set curl to return the data instead of printing it to the browser. curl_setopt ($ ch, CURLOPT_URL, $ url); $ data = curl_exec ($ ch); curl_close ($ ch); return $ data;} second answer:
As the error message says, the stream (URL) requested cannot be opened. there are invalid possible reasons for this: 1. base URL is bad. $ pc ['pcname'] 2. username and/or password are bad3. username/password do not have permission on the server4. Your system cannot reach the server (firewall, PHP permissions ,...) 4 .... I wocould use the following strategy to debug: 1. dump $ url and write it down.2. Use a browser with debug tools (eg Firefox/Firebug) and try to access that URL.3. Look at the headers returned to see what error the server reports (if any ). 4. think about why that error is returned... cheers, Peter If this answers your question, vote and mark it accepted.