fopen() problem

[pieterprovoost@gmail.com]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me why going to

http://www.algaebase.org/DistributionResponse.lasso?currentMethod=distro&sk=20&-session=abv3:D5C1E5F111d2e05040XVy1A0A54A

yields results, while the same page retrieved with fopen() says 'no
results'?

<?php
$pageurl='http://www.algaebase.o rg/DistributionRes ponse.lasso?cur rentMethod=dist ro&sk=20&-session=abv3:D5 C1E5F111d2e0504 0XVy1A0A54A';
$exthandle = fopen($pageurl, "r");
$content = file($pageurl);
fclose($exthand le);
echo(implode("" ,$content));
?>

Thanks
Piet

[Erwin Moller]

Re: fopen() problem

pieterprovoost@ gmail.com wrote:

Hi,
>
Can anyone tell me why going to
>

http://www.algaebase.org/Distributio...5040XVy1A0A54A

yields results, while the same page retrieved with fopen() says 'no
results'?
>
<?php
>

$pageurl='http://www.algaebase.o rg/DistributionRes ponse.lasso?cur rentMethod=dist ro&sk=20&-session=abv3:D5 C1E5F111d2e0504 0XVy1A0A54A';

$exthandle = fopen($pageurl, "r");
$content = file($pageurl);
fclose($exthand le);
echo(implode("" ,$content));
?>
>
Thanks
Piet

Hi,

Open the same URL with Wget or something similar.
That way you can see the response.
Maybe it is redirecting?

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: fopen() problem

pieterprovoost@ gmail.com wrote:

Hi,
>
Can anyone tell me why going to

http://www.algaebase.org/DistributionResponse.lasso?currentMethod=distro&sk=20&-session=abv3:D5C1E5F111d2e05040XVy1A0A54A

yields results, while the same page retrieved with fopen() says 'no
results'?
>
<?php
$pageurl='http://www.algaebase.o rg/DistributionRes ponse.lasso?cur rentMethod=dist ro&sk=20&-session=abv3:D5 C1E5F111d2e0504 0XVy1A0A54A';
$exthandle = fopen($pageurl, "r");
$content = file($pageurl);
fclose($exthand le);
echo(implode("" ,$content));
?>
>
Thanks
Piet
>

The first one gives me no results, either.

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[Chung Leong]

Re: fopen() problem

pieterprovoost@ gmail.com wrote:

Hi,
>
Can anyone tell me why going to

http://www.algaebase.org/DistributionResponse.lasso?currentMethod=distro&sk=20&-session=abv3:D5C1E5F111d2e05040XVy1A0A54A

yields results, while the same page retrieved with fopen() says 'no
results'?
>
<?php
$pageurl='http://www.algaebase.o rg/DistributionRes ponse.lasso?cur rentMethod=dist ro&sk=20&-session=abv3:D5 C1E5F111d2e0504 0XVy1A0A54A';
$exthandle = fopen($pageurl, "r");
$content = file($pageurl);
fclose($exthand le);
echo(implode("" ,$content));
?>
>
Thanks
Piet

This works when the session is fresh:

<?php

$pageurl='http://www.algaebase.o rg/DistributionRes ponse.lasso?cur rentMethod=dist ro&sk=0&-session=abv3:80 08664A11d922E7E 0QsT317D415';
echo file_get_conten ts($pageurl);

?>

Why are you using fopen() and file() and the same time?

[pieterprovoost@gmail.com]

Re: fopen() problem


Chung Leong wrote:

pieterprovoost@ gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

Can anyone tell me why going to

http://www.algaebase.org/DistributionResponse.lasso?currentMethod=distro&sk=20&-session=abv3:D5C1E5F111d2e05040XVy1A0A54A

yields results, while the same page retrieved with fopen() says 'no
results'?

<?php
$pageurl='http://www.algaebase.o rg/DistributionRes ponse.lasso?cur rentMethod=dist ro&sk=20&-session=abv3:D5 C1E5F111d2e0504 0XVy1A0A54A';
$exthandle = fopen($pageurl, "r");
$content = file($pageurl);
fclose($exthand le);
echo(implode("" ,$content));
?>

Thanks
Piet

>
This works when the session is fresh:
>
<?php
>
$pageurl='http://www.algaebase.o rg/DistributionRes ponse.lasso?cur rentMethod=dist ro&sk=0&-session=abv3:80 08664A11d922E7E 0QsT317D415';
echo file_get_conten ts($pageurl);
>
?>
>
Why are you using fopen() and file() and the same time?

The code is a bit messy indeed, sorry for that. However, this worked
very fine before without ever changing the session name...

[Miguel Cruz]

Re: fopen() problem

"pieterprovoost @gmail.com" <pieterprovoost @gmail.comwrote :

Can anyone tell me why going to

http://www.algaebase.org/DistributionResponse.lasso?currentMethod=distro&sk=20

&-session=abv3:D5 C1E5F111d2e0504 0XVy1A0A54A
yields results, while the same page retrieved with fopen() says 'no
results'?

That URL doesn't contain your search terms.

It contains a reference ("abv3:D5C1E5F1 11d2e05040XVy1A 0A54A") to a
session stored on the server's hard drive which in turn holds your
search terms.

That session has a finite lifespan, and after that (maybe half an hour
or so) the server throws it away, and the URL becomes invalid.

If you want this to work and you do not control the algaebase server,
you are going to have to use curl to build a form submission and collect
the results. You cannot, to my knowledge do this with fopen(). You could
do your own HTTP transaction with fsockopen() et al but that would be
overkill.

miguel
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