It is, and I use curl elsewhere in the same script to fetch remote content. This exact same function works fine on my MacBook Pro (10.6 client, PHP 5.3), and *was* previously working fine under Server 10.4.11 and PHP 5.3, On 2009-12-09, at 11:10 PM, laruence wrote: > try > wget http://www.google.com in your command line to see whether the network is reachable > > LinuxManMikeC wrote: >> >> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:02 AM, LinuxManMikeC <linuxmanmikec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 6:45 AM, René Fournier <m5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>> http://us2.php.net/manual/en/filesystem.configuration.php#ini.allow-url-fopen >>> >>> >> >> "I've checked php.ini" >> Right, must remember not to reply to stuff till I'm awake. :-D >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > > -- > <2866791487_dbbbdddf9e.jpg>惠 新宸 xinchen.hui | 商务搜索部 | (+8610)82602112-7974 | <2866349865_203e53a6c6.jpg>:laruence