[function.fopen]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

Question

[function.fopen]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

I am periodically getting this error, i.e it is only happening at random times, a

Answer 1

task - fopen with basic http authentication.

$auth_header = 'Authorization: Basic '.base64_encode("$user:$password");

$f = fopen($url, $open_mode,false, stream_context_create(
    'http'=>array(
        'header' => array($auth_header,$some_other_header,$some_yet_header),
    ),
));