Hi, TR Shaw I would next try curl as php-extension. If that is working well, and you need it definitely with file() I'd use Wireshark to check which request is sent to the remote machine. Bye Simon 2012/3/10 TR Shaw <tshaw@xxxxxxxx> > This is weird. This statement fails: > > $tlds = file("http://www.surbl.org/tld/three-level-tlds", > FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES); > > Warning: file(http://www.surbl.org/tld/three-level-tlds): failed to open > stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 502 Bad Gateway > > also tried the final location and it fails with: > > Warning: file(http://george.surbl.org/two-level-tlds): failed to open > stream: HTTP request failed! > > But a browser and the following work: > > $response = shell_exec("curl -s -S -L > http://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt -o > tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt"); > > Any ideas? I'd rather not use curl if possible. > > TIA, > > Tom > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >