2009/12/9 René Fournier <m5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Strange problem I'm having on Mac OS X Server 10.6 running PHP 5.3. Any call of file_get_contents() on a local file works fine -- the file is read and returned. But any call of file_get_contents on a url -- any url, local or remote -- always returns false. > > var_dump (file_get_contents ('http://www.google.com/')); > > bool(false) > > I've checked php.ini, and the obvious seems okay: > > allow_url_fopen => On => On > > Any ideas? > > ...Rene If you enable all errors, anything extra? ... <?php error_reporting(-1); ini_set('display_errors', 1); set_time_limit(0); // Just in case it takes more than your default execution time. var_dump(file_get_contents('http://www.google.com')); -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php