That's it. Thanks a bunch Robert -----Original Message----- From: Robert Cummings [mailto:robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thu 05-Jul-07 8:53 PM To: Kaleb Pomeroy Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Loading a URL On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 20:39 -0500, Kaleb Pomeroy wrote: > /*I am trying to load an XML file from the following site, which btw is a working site you can put in the address bar.*/ > $url = "http://isbndb.com/api/books.xml?access_key=WC2BD24W&results=prices&index1=isbn&value1=030681496x";; > //open the url > if(!($handle = fopen($url, "r"))){ > echo "Error opening URL <br />".$url; > exit(); > } > else{ > echo "It Worked"; > //actually use simpleXML and parse it, but that's not the problem. > } > > /* > *For some reason that code returns: > *Error opening URL > *http://isbndb.com/api/books.xml?access_key=WC2BD24W&results=prices&index1=isbn&value1=030681496x > *Is there something obvious that I am missing, or what? > */ Check your configuration to see the value of: allow_url_fopen Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'
