Warning: file_get_contents

[aff_dan]

Hello!

I have a problem with a PHP page named search.php, this file will get content from another Web site page.

I get this error:

Warning: file_get_contents(http://apps5.site.com/apps/domainarticle/article.cgi?cid=M45&&hl=en&ac=p&q=Design): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden in /home/bestlo/public_html/my-mesm/search.php on line 9

How to fix this error? Any help please

Regards,
Dan

[bcolflesh]

403 Forbidden means that the server is denying your request - they may have blocked your IP or User Agent - try sending a generic UA with the request, if you aren't sending anything at all.

[aff_dan]

What is "generic UA with the request"?

Dan

[bcolflesh]

Use the ini_set command to add a generic User Agent, ex:

ini_set('user_agent','Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0)');

[aff_dan]

My script begins with:

<?

66.102.9.147
$qq=str_replace(" ","%20", $q);
$filename = "http://apps5.site.com/apps/domainarticle/article.cgi?cid=45&hl=en&ac=p&q=".$qq."";
$data = file_get_contents($filename);

how to add that browser info?

[coopster]

ini_set() [php.net] sets the value of the given configuration option. The configuration option will keep this new value during the script's execution, and will be restored at the script's ending.

You don't have to add it to your query string at all. By the way, PHP has a nice little function that does your str_replace and more. See urlencode() [php.net] for more information.