how do you suppress errors produced by file()

[lkrubner@geocities.com]

I'm getting this error:

<b>Warning</b>:
file(http%3A%2F %2Fwww.publicpe n.com%2Fupdate. php%3FcbHeadlin e%3DTestimonial s%26amp%3BcbDat eCreated%3D%26a mp%3BcbUserName %3D%26amp%3Bpag eAddress%3Dhttp %3A%2F%2Fwww.pu blicdomainsoftw are.org%2Fgo%2F index.php%3Fpag eId%3D33119):
failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
<b>/home/httpd/vhosts/publicdomainsof tware.org/httpdocs/go/pdsIncludes/CommandUpdatePu blicPen.php</b>
on line <b>64</b><br />



these are lines 56-64:



$url = "http://www.publicpen.c om/update.php";
$url .= "?cbHeadline=$c bHeadline";
if ($cbHeadline == "") $url .=
"&amp;cbMainCon tent=$cbMainCon tent";
$url .= "&amp;cbDateCre ated=$cbDateCre ated";
$url .= "&amp;cbUserNam e=$cbUserName";
$url .= "&amp;pageAddre ss=$pageAddress ";

$url = urlencode($url) ;
$arrayOfPublicP enResponse = file($url);



I don't get the urlencode thing. The file is there, I've checked many
times, so am I getting an error that says it isn't there?

[Kimmo Laine]

Re: how do you suppress errors produced by file()

<lkrubner@geoci ties.com> kirjoitti
viestissä:11243 33726.903172.28 9640@g47g2000cw a.googlegroups. com...[color=blue]
>
> I'm getting this error:
>
> <b>Warning</b>:
> file(http%3A%2F %2Fwww.publicpe n.com%2Fupdate. php%3FcbHeadlin e%3DTestimonial s%26amp%3BcbDat eCreated%3D%26a mp%3BcbUserName %3D%26amp%3Bpag eAddress%3Dhttp %3A%2F%2Fwww.pu blicdomainsoftw are.org%2Fgo%2F index.php%3Fpag eId%3D33119):
> failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
> <b>/home/httpd/vhosts/publicdomainsof tware.org/httpdocs/go/pdsIncludes/CommandUpdatePu blicPen.php</b>
> on line <b>64</b><br />
>
>
>
> these are lines 56-64:
>
>
>
> $url = "http://www.publicpen.c om/update.php";
> $url .= "?cbHeadline=$c bHeadline";
> if ($cbHeadline == "") $url .=
> "&amp;cbMainCon tent=$cbMainCon tent";
> $url .= "&amp;cbDateCre ated=$cbDateCre ated";
> $url .= "&amp;cbUserNam e=$cbUserName";
> $url .= "&amp;pageAddre ss=$pageAddress ";
>
> $url = urlencode($url) ;
> $arrayOfPublicP enResponse = file($url);
>
>
>
> I don't get the urlencode thing. The file is there, I've checked many
> times, so am I getting an error that says it isn't there?[/color]


You should not urlencode the domain part. This here:
http%3A%2F%2Fww w.publicpen.com %2Fupdate.php%3 F should not be encoded, that
should be plaintext http://www.publicpen.com/update.php? so you urlencode
just the query part. And another thing: you use &amp; in html code, but not
in the query itself, so let's change em back to plain &'s. Plus you should
encode them either.

To achieve this, modify your code a bit:
$url = "http://www.publicpen.c om/update.php?";
$query = urlencode("cbHe adline=$cbHeadl ine");
if ($cbHeadline == "") $query .=
'&'.urlencode(" cbMainContent=$ cbMainContent") ;
$query .= '&'.urlencode(" cbDateCreated=$ cbDateCreated") ;
$query .= '&'.urlencode(" cbUserName=$cbU serName");
$query .= '&'.urlencode(" pageAddress=$pa geAddress");

$arrayOfPublicP enResponse = file($url.$quer y);

Now your handling the URI and the query string separately and encoding just
the query parameters.

--
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Further reading at <http://setiweb.ssl.ber keley.edu/>
Kimmo Laine <eternal.erecti onN0@5P4Mgmail. com>

[lkrubner@geocities.com]

Re: how do you suppress errors produced by file()

>You should not urlencode the domain part. This here:[color=blue]
>http%3A%2F%2Fw ww.publicpen.co m%2Fupdate.php %3F should not be[color=green]
>>encoded, that[/color]
>should be plaintext http://www.publicpen.com/updat e.php? so you
>urlencode
>just the query part.[/color]

Thanks, that's useful.


[color=blue]
> And another thing: you use &amp; in html code, but not
> in the query itself, so let's change em back to plain &'s. Plus you should
> encode them either.[/color]

No actually, an ampersand by itself is not allowed in any part of the
url. In the url, you have to use &amp;, not "&". You can not get your
pages to validate if you are using "&".

[Kimmo Laine]

Re: how do you suppress errors produced by file()

<lkrubner@geoci ties.com> kirjoitti
viestissä:11244 87097.500165.26 180@o13g2000cwo .googlegroups.c om...[color=blue][color=green]
> >You should not urlencode the domain part. This here:
>>http%3A%2F%2F www.publicpen.c om%2Fupdate.php %3F should not be[color=darkred]
>>>encoded, that[/color]
>>should be plaintext http://www.publicpen.com/updat e.php? so you
>>urlencode
>>just the query part.[/color]
>
> Thanks, that's useful.
>
>
>[color=green]
>> And another thing: you use &amp; in html code, but not
>> in the query itself, so let's change em back to plain &'s. Plus you
>> should
>> encode them either.[/color]
>
> No actually, an ampersand by itself is not allowed in any part of the
> url. In the url, you have to use &amp;, not "&". You can not get your
> pages to validate if you are using "&".[/color]

Yes, it is allowed in url. It's not allowed in HTML code, but _is_ allowed
in the url, and in fact you have to use it instead of &amp;. The html code
gets fucked if & is found without an entity, but when you click on a link,
the browser converts &amp;'s to plain &'s. When you are accessing a remote
file with the file() function, you HAVE TO use the plain & url. You don't
have to believe me, but I'm not making this shit up, I know this for a fact.
I guess you have to screw it up yourself to believe.

--
SETI @ Home - Donate your cpu's idle time to science.
Further reading at <http://setiweb.ssl.ber keley.edu/>
Kimmo Laine <eternal.erecti onN0@5P4Mgmail. com>