How to load Json Array with php Curl or file_get_contents()?

Question

I'm trying to load Json array from this URL

What I tried so far is following:

//By Using File_get_contents()

$insta_source = file_get_contents($url);
$insta_array = json_decode($insta_source, TRUE);    
var_dump($insta_array);

//AND
//By Using php CURL
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, TRUE);
$server_output = curl_exec ($ch);
curl_close ($ch);
var_dump($server_output);

//As in output it gives "Bool(false)" (get_file_contents())
//Curl Error gives : "bool(true)" but not the json array

Many Thanks, Jim

Did you read the error? *You don't have authorisation to view this page.* — Aniket Sahrawat, Apr 15 '18 at 02:38
Thanks for getting back. I updated my question, Please review. — Qcr Technologies, Apr 15 '18 at 02:42
I have even tried post request, its giving 403 error code. You can not do anything about it. — Aniket Sahrawat, Apr 15 '18 at 02:45
Please check my question again I updated. In CURL its giving me "Bool(true)" after adding additional parameters. Now the problem is we need that Json Array instead of Bool — Qcr Technologies, Apr 15 '18 at 03:07
add `$httpcode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);` before `curl_close($ch);` and see what is the response code. Its a 403. You can not access that page. — Aniket Sahrawat, Apr 15 '18 at 05:55
But when I directly use that URL i got the data I guess there is some cookie need to have in header. — Qcr Technologies, Apr 15 '18 at 06:29
Yes, you need to supply the cookies. If you are using chrome/chromium then you can export them using https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookiestxt/njabckikapfpffapmjgojcnbfjonfjfg?hl=en — Aniket Sahrawat, Apr 15 '18 at 08:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 15 '18 at 08:17

If you want the content of a cURL request, you have to use the CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER setting, as mentioned on http://www.php.net/curl_exec:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. However, if the CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER option is set, it will return the result on success, FALSE on failure.

So you just need to enable the CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER setting.

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

How to load Json Array with php Curl or file_get_contents()?

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