trying http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.fsockopen.php do you a piece of code that read parts pages. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 00:03 +0200, madunix wrote: > > I've been trying to read the contents from a particular URL into a > string in PHP, and can't get it to work. any help. > > Thanks > > -- > If there is a way, I will find one...*** > If there is none, I will make one..."*** > **************** madunix ****************** > > > > How have you been trying to do it so far? > > There are a couple of ways. file_get_contents() and fopen() will work on > URL's if the right ports are open. > > Most usually though cURL is used for this sort of thing. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > -- If there is a way, I will find one...*** If there is none, I will make one..."*** **************** madunix ******************