PHP: file_get_contents return garbage code - Help please

**Ghost** · 13.10.12, 01:46

works fine for me. at first it didnt. but then i added the correct php tagging <?php ?>
and i got all the content fine. although it was in a different language, but worked for me.

PHP Code:


<?php

 $homepage = file_get_contents('http://vnexpress.net');

 echo $homepage;

 ?>

**Tien Nguyen Van** · 13.10.12, 01:58

Still not effect

Originally posted by Ghost View Post

works fine for me. at first it didnt. but then i added the correct php tagging <?php ?>
and i got all the content fine. although it was in a different language, but worked for me.

PHP Code:


<?php

 $homepage = file_get_contents('http://vnexpress.net');

 echo $homepage;

 ?>

Dear Ghost. Thank you about your answer.

I modified from <? to <?php but still not effect. I am using HostGator, Chrome. Can you help telling me what 's the browser you are using and php.ini configurations on your host? Any way, thank you.

**Ghost** · 13.10.12, 02:08

i cant get to my hosts php.ini file. when i do try to get it i get a forbidden warning and a php error report log saying its off limits.

the browser im using is opera 12.02

**Tien Nguyen Van** · 13.10.12, 02:11

Refresh many times to view "vnexpress.net"

Originally posted by Ghost View Post

i cant get to my hosts php.ini file. when i do try to get it i get a forbidden warning and a php error report log saying its off limits.

the browser im using is opera 12.02

OK friend. Just one more question: Did you refresh the result many time? Because the first time you get always success but always fail later. Thank you.

**Ghost** · 13.10.12, 02:16

yeah i tried to refresh a few times. it was a little slow on getting the content as there is alot of it.
but it got it everytime.

i have also just tried this using my localhost which i used for development erroring reports etc.
and it worked fine there also.

heres the php.ini file from my localhost.
maybe looking through that will help you out.

Attached Files

php.ini.zip (27.2 KB, 9 views)

**softwarefreak** · 13.10.12, 02:32

Hi, that's not garbage, but gzip encoded data

If u run this code

PHP Code:


<?

print_r(get_headers("http://vnexpress.net/"));

You'll see this

Code:

Array
(
    [0] => HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    [1] => Server: Caching-NOC-V1.0
    [2] => Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:20:33 GMT
    [3] => Content-Type: text/html
    [4] => Connection: close
    [5] => Cache-Control: max-age=0
    [6] => Expires: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:20:33 GMT
    [7] => Set-Cookie: linkPDA=0; expires=Tue, 11-Dec-2012 17:00:00 GMT; path=/
    [8] => Content-Encoding: gzip
    [9] => Vary: Accept-Encoding
    [10] => Cache-Control: vne-hk-34,cached
)

NOTICE:

Code:

Content-Encoding: gzip

Solution:

PHP Code:


<?

$file = file_get_contents("http://vnexpress.net/");

echo gzinflate(substr($file,10,-8));

It'll print html now
There're many more ways to do the same

**Tien Nguyen Van** · 13.10.12, 02:41

Oh, You are my GOD

Originally posted by softwarefreak View Post

Hi, that's not garbage, but gzip encoded data

If u run this code

PHP Code:


<?

print_r(get_headers("http://vnexpress.net/"));

You'll see this

Code:

Array
(
    [0] => HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    [1] => Server: Caching-NOC-V1.0
    [2] => Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:20:33 GMT
    [3] => Content-Type: text/html
    [4] => Connection: close
    [5] => Cache-Control: max-age=0
    [6] => Expires: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:20:33 GMT
    [7] => Set-Cookie: linkPDA=0; expires=Tue, 11-Dec-2012 17:00:00 GMT; path=/
    [8] => Content-Encoding: gzip
    [9] => Vary: Accept-Encoding
    [10] => Cache-Control: vne-hk-34,cached
)

NOTICE:

Code:

Content-Encoding: gzip

Solution:

PHP Code:


<?

$file = file_get_contents("http://vnexpress.net/");

echo gzinflate(substr($file,10,-8));

It'll print html now
There're many more ways to do the same

Your reply touched my heart because it is so professional

I tested and it can load any website like a boss. Special thank you softwarefreak. I visited your site and LIKE your facebook page, also FOLLOW your twitter stream.

HOPE ALL BEST (

)

ps: also thank to Ghost...

**softwarefreak** · 13.10.12, 02:46

@tien, LOL, there's the catch with a signature after my posts :P

**modfiles** · 13.10.12, 13:21

does that mean that sites that are gzip or has a header like that will display a garbled output when grabbing contents?

just tested on my gzip page but it didn't return something like that
don't know if we're using same gzip functions

**softwarefreak** · 14.10.12, 03:48

Originally posted by modfiles View Post

does that mean that sites that are gzip or has a header like that will display a garbled output when grabbing contents?

just tested on my gzip page but it didn't return something like that
don't know if we're using same gzip functions

When you use the PHP function file_get_contents() to fetch a remote webpage, it doesn't send any http headers by default, until you dont use stream_content_create() along with the request, on the otherhand the remote server checks if the user agent supports compression over http (HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING) or not, since no headers were sent, the server shouldn't have replied with gzip encoded data, But they are doing so.

PHP: file_get_contents return garbage code - Help please

PHP: file_get_contents return garbage code - Help please

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