cURL

WinSrev · 10-21-2007, 04:38 PM

Hey,

Was just wondering if this little bit of code could be converted to a cURL function instead of File_get_contents, a little but stumped about how to do that with this code, was wondering if anyone could do it? thanks.

PHP Code:


			
    function file_get_content( $url )

    {

        for( $i = 1; $c <= $this->conf['tries']; $c++ )

        {

            $file = @file_get_contents( $url );

            if( $file != FALSE )

            {

                return array( 1 => TRUE, 2 => $file );

                break;

            }

        }

        return array( 1 => FALSE, 2 => '' ); 

    }

sketchMedia · 10-22-2007, 08:59 AM

This is how to use cURL to grab a file

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/*First we Initialize a new cURL session and pass in our url,
then it returns a cURL handle */
$ch = curl_init("http://www.blahblah.com/file.txt");

/*We must set CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER to true otherwise it just farts
 it out to screen instead of putting it into $file when we run curl_exec()*/
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

//Execute and put contains in $file
$file = curl_exec($ch);

//close the cURL session
curl_close($ch);

Hope that helps

WinSrev · 10-22-2007, 09:33 AM

Would that work with the rest of the code though?

sketchMedia · 10-22-2007, 09:51 PM

should do:

PHP Code:


			
function file_get_content( $url )
{
    for( $i = 1; $c <= $this->conf['tries']; $c++ )
    {
        $ch = curl_init($url);

        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        
        $file = curl_exec($ch);//Returns file contents string, FALSE on failure
        
        curl_close($ch);

        if($file)
        {
            return array( 1 => TRUE, 2 => $file );
            break;
        }
    }
    return array( 1 => FALSE, 2 => '' );
}

I havent tested it, but theoreticly it should work.

Wildhoney · 10-22-2007, 11:03 PM

Why do you want to use cURL anyway? I think Salathe pointed out a good way to get the HTTP headers in an earlier thread of yours.

bluesaga · 10-24-2007, 09:55 AM

I would recommend doing as above, but put the curl call into a function and name it like file_get_contents_curl or something, easier to understand then and more portable.

WinSrev · 10-24-2007, 04:04 PM

hmm, we'll, i tried it and it just constantly fails. not sure whats wrong.

bluesaga · 10-24-2007, 04:10 PM

Do you have the cURL extension installed? It needs to be installed to have cURL functionality in your website.

WinSrev · 10-24-2007, 09:22 PM

i have just about every extension installed and yes, that is one of them

Wildhoney · 10-24-2007, 10:32 PM

I've modified it only slightly, but this works perfectly for me:

PHP Code:


			
function file_get_content( $url )
{
    for($i = 1; $i <= 3; $i++)
    {
        $ch = curl_init($url);

        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        
        $file = curl_exec($ch);//Returns file contents string, FALSE on failure
        
        curl_close($ch);

        if($file)
        {
            return array( 1 => TRUE, 2 => $file );
            break;
        }
    }
    
    return array( 1 => FALSE, 2 => '' );
}  

var_dump(file_get_content('http://www.wiredflame.com/'));

sketchMedia · 10-25-2007, 07:30 PM

Quote:

i tried it and it just constantly fails

what exactly do you mean, does it produce an error? also ive just noticed somthing a bit 'iffy' in your for loop (didnt actually check it through when i looked last, i just replaced file_get_content() with cURL)

PHP Code:


			
 for( $i = 1; $c <= $this->conf['tries']; $c++ )

should that not read:

PHP Code:


			
 for( $i = 1; $i <= $this->conf['tries']; $i++ )

dunno if that was your problem, i dunno what the rest of your script looks like so i might be off the mark so to speak.