Using get_file_contents() with a dynamic URL

[TheDust]

I have a URL that when entered returns a file. It's something like

http://yourdomain.com/file.php?fileID=43433.

If I enter that URL I will get the image or document that I'm looking for. No HTML at all. Just the file.

Now, I'm trying to use the following line to capture that file in order to include it in a zip file using the following line:

$fileContents = file_get_contents("[URL unfurl="true"]http://yourdomain.com/file.php?fileID=43433")[/URL]

It is returning true, but the file is always less than 4K. It's not grabbing the contents of the file, even though it is returning true. The thing is I HAD this working at one point, but now I don't know what is wrong... does anyone have any ideas on why this might be happening to me? Or examples of how others have done this?

 

[sleipnir214]

I would doublecheck the action of the foreign script from a telnet prompt. It may be there is something that needs to be transmitted to the foreign script. See section 2.6 of faq434-2999





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[dkdude]

Hi,

You probably need to specify maxlength of the desired file.

php.net says

[tt]file_get_contents ( string filename [, bool use_include_path [, resource context [, int offset [, int maxlen]]]] )[/tt]

Use [tt]filesize()[/tt] to set maxlen.

Regards


Jakob