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bumpkin
msg:4202535 | 2:58 am on Sep 16, 2010 (gmt 0) |
When I read an internet page with the file() command, the http_user_agent is reported as nothing. I want to put something there for the user_agent. I found an example here under php/3388602.htm but I can't get it to work. Not sure what should go in the Host: parameter
I'm new to this website, and having a bit of difficulty figuring it out.
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bumpkin
msg:4203762 | 2:44 am on Sep 19, 2010 (gmt 0) |
It's has been several days and I haven't gotten a reply. The reason I need this is I offer a service which entails looking at things on the user site, and I need a way for them to let me through their bad bot function. Does anyone know how to make this work?
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bhukkel
msg:4203780 | 6:59 am on Sep 19, 2010 (gmt 0) |
i use curl for this:
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $fp);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT,30);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_REFERER, "example.com");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "example.com (+http://www.example.com/policy/)");
$string = curl_exec($ch);
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bumpkin
msg:4203784 | 8:17 am on Sep 19, 2010 (gmt 0) |
I did a quick scan of curl, but I don't know it at all.
Trying to relate this example to what I saw there has me totally confused.
The curl_exec does the read of the website?
A user agent is not normally a url, could it be something like simply "MyAgent"?
What is a referer?
What is $fp pointing to? (the curl example at php.net for reading a website uses a fopen(), do I need something like that to get the $fp?)
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bhukkel
msg:4203805 | 10:43 am on Sep 19, 2010 (gmt 0) |
yes, curl_exec reads the website.
$fp holds the url you want to read. For example $fp='http://www.google.com';
Useragent is just a string, so 'myagent' would be ok.
Just give it a try....
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bumpkin
msg:4203999 | 11:29 pm on Sep 19, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Well, that worked. Thanks. I'll have to learn more about curl.
Is the REFERER necessary?
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