On Thu, January 25, 2007 12:06 am, sleestak2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Richard Lynch wrote: >>I dunno what you did wrong with fsockopen... > > First of all, thanks for taking the time to respond. > > I had tried fsockopen, but here's the problem. The > following calls work as expected, returning a valid file > pointer for valid urls and FALSE for invalid urls: > > $fp = fsockopen("www.example.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30); > $fp = fsockopen("www.youtube.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30); > $fp = fsockopen("www.this_url_is_not_valid.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, > 30); > > The call below does not work and always returns FALSE. > If I enter the url in a web browser, it works fine, but > fsockopen does not like it. > > $fp = fsockopen("www.youtube.com/v/JqO8ZevPJNk", 80, $errno, $errstr, > 30); > > I think it has something to do with the way YouTube > works. Any clues? What is in $errno and $errstr for YouTube? If you surf to that URL with LiveHTTPHeaders, what headers are flying by? If it's a bunch of re-directs, it's possible the fsockopen is getting closed immediately after the headers, I guess, so maybe the socket closes??? That don't sound right. Still, find out what a browser does, and then mimic that well enough that YouTube lets you through. You may end up needing to use http://php.net/curl -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php