file_get_contents, curl, get_headers, .. returns nothing

Question

I'm trying to get the content of an external file (youtube json feed) I first tried using file_get_contents() and curl. None of them are giving me any response.

In php.ini allow_url_fopen is set to On. And I also tried turning off safe mode.

error_reporting('E_ALL');
ini_set('display_errors',1);
echo file_get_contents('http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/760E7F6C9B5CD71E?v=2&alt=json');

What can be going wrong?

its `error_reporting(E_ALL)`, also did you check your server log, perhaps you have some kind of restriction. Just lookup your config to see everything installed with `` — Lawrence Cherone, Jun 11 '12 at 18:50
Changed it to error_reporting(E_ALL); Getting: failed to open stream: Network is unreachable in file.php — cloetensbrecht, Jun 11 '12 at 18:55
Some hosts have an outgoing connection firewall type thing, perhaps its set to deny all. — Lawrence Cherone, Jun 11 '12 at 18:59
Is there any way to figure out if the server has such a firewall? I use a shared hosting with plesk installation. — cloetensbrecht, Jun 11 '12 at 19:05
Well your getting an error that suggests as much, look around your control panel for `Server > IP Addresses > Firewall` or similar, if your stuck open a ticket to your host and get them to fix it. — Lawrence Cherone, Jun 11 '12 at 19:13
create a ticket to your hosting provider, they can tell if they have disabled it on purpose or not... — eis, Jun 11 '12 at 19:22

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 11 '12 at 19:29

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Use curl instead of file_get_contents. Something like this:

$url  = 'http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/760E7F6C9B5CD71E?v=2&alt=json';
$ch = curl_init();
$timeout = 5;
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,$url);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT,$timeout);
$data = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $data;

answered Jun 11 '12 at 19:29

Michel Gokan Khan

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I got no errors and no response. Script online: http://test.odb-competition.be/test.php – cloetensbrecht Jun 11 '12 at 19:39
If you get "Network is unreachable" error then it's a network problem and you may contact with your hosting company. – Michel Gokan Khan Jun 11 '12 at 19:45
@cloetensbrecht you can enable error reporting in your php.ini file in order to see your php errors. – Michel Gokan Khan Oct 25 '12 at 07:34

file_get_contents, curl, get_headers, .. returns nothing

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