file get contents problem arose

So I have had a cron job running a script with file get contents. It was working good for probably over a few weeks, and all the sudden I am getting errors such as:

Warning: file_get_contents(***) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

I'm not sure If I have to update anything or not, but nothing was changed in the file.

Hi,

Can you show us the crontab entry?

Also, what happens if you run the script manually, not from cron?

Cheers,

That's what happens when I try running it without. Not sure why, it was working great for a few weeks+

/usr/bin/php -q /home2/voroghco/public_html/PHP/Crons/***.php

If that is what you mean by the crontab entry. If you mean the file, I'll post that too.

The error gives away what the problem is. You need to check the URL that it is calling, as it's giving a 404 now so it's probably been moved due to your script constantly calling it

The file is still there, you can go to the exact url, and it is still there. I talked to the person who has the site that I am calling, and he has not changed anything.

Sometimes in your crons you need to have the full path to your files that you are working with on your server.

Instead of just:
$contents = file_get_contents("path/to/my_file.php");

Try this instead:
$contents = file_get_contents("/home2/voroghco/public_html/path/to/my_file.php");


Odd that it would stop working all of a sudden... hopefully this helps.

Hey Zoic!

Well, the file_get_contents accesses another persons website on a different server. So I have the file_get_contents(pathtofile).

example: file_get_contents(http://www.site.com/file.php/ect..)

Sorry, didn't read the rest of the posts entirely. :)

See what happens when you use fsockopen (http://www.php.net/fsockopen).

<?php
$fp = fsockopen("www.example.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
if (!$fp) {
echo "$errstr ($errno)<br />\n";
} else {
$out = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n";
$out .= "Host: www.example.com\r\n";
$out .= "Connection: Close\r\n\r\n";
fwrite($fp, $out);
while (!feof($fp)) {
echo fgets($fp, 128);
}
fclose($fp);
}
?>

The above is taken from the first example.

Alright, I'll try it when I get some time, thanks.

Nope, fsockopen does not work.