[PHP] fopen a URL with = in it

[Corey Chapman]

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:je...@host.xnull.com]On Behalf Of Corey
> > Chapman
> > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 2:46 PM
> > To: php-g...@lists.php.net
> > 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)
> >
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Corey Chapman
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