It does not work with the = right in the URL.. PHP gives me a warning about the fopen statement or file statement if I do.. and then returns nothing. If I escape it, it loads the proper URL, but then the page it opens does not recognize the defined variables because it loads http://www.something.com/file.php?thing\=thething instead of http://www.something.com/file.php?thing=thething... > why dont you try: > fopen("http://www.something.com/file.php?thing=thething","r";); > > ...and are you sure it's "not working", or just > not returning anything??? > > try putting checks on *all* IO/net functions: > > $fp = fopen( ... ) > or die("Cannot open file!"); > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Corey Chapman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Corey > > Chapman > > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 2:46 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PHP] fopen a URL with = in it > > > > > > Something that's been driving me crazy for a few days. Could it > > be a bug in PHP? > > > > Using the fopen function (or even the file function), I want to open a > > web page for read. Sounds easy? Well, say I want to have an "=" sign in > > the URL.. well that is where the problem comes. I have tried things > > like this: > > > > $eq = urlencode("="); > > $URL = "http://www.something.com/file.php?thing".$eq."thething";;; > > > > I have tried many other combinations as well.. the problem is this: > > when PHP calls fopen(), it does not allow the = sign in the variable > > passed in. So I figured I should escape it.. > > > > fopen("http://www.something.com/file.php?thing\=thething","r";;); > > > > But that did not work either. It allows me to pass it in, but then it > > tries to open the literal \= in the url, which of course doesn't > > exist. The url has just an =. I thought encoding the whole or part URL > > would work. well it loads the page, but the page itself doesn't > > recognize the encoded = sign as being an = sign.. > > > > Bah! Anyone have any ideas.. ? > > > > > > Corey Chapman > > Xnull CEO > > (Chat with us: http://forum.xnull.com) > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Corey Chapman Xnull CEO (Chat with us: http://forum.xnull.com) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
