How do I ignore a moved-header with file_get_contents in PHP?

Question

I have programmed a simple content-user, that uses file_get_contents, but unfortunately for my IP the site now gives a 302 error that forwards to an image. For all other use

Answer 1

There is no content there. The redirect happens in the HTTP response before any content would be sent.

The server decides what you get to see (or not).

Answer 2

You need to create a context:

$context = stream_context_create(
    array (
        'http' => array (
            'follow_location' => false // don't follow redirects
        )
    )
);
$html = file_get_contents('http://www.site.net/', false, $context);

See the manual:

• file_get_contents
• stream_context_create

With that said, it's highly likely that there is no content left on the page. It's not impossible to serve a 302 header and serve an HTTP body as well, but it's decidedly unorthodox.

Answer 3

I encountered such a problem accessing Google Drive content via the direct link.

WRONG WAY: After calling file_get_contents returned 302 Moved temporarily

//Any google url. Thsi example is fake for Google Drive direct link.
$url = "https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0BxQKKJYjuNElbFBNUlBndmVHHAj";
$html = file_get_contents($url);
echo $html; //print none because error 302.

NICE WAY: With the code below it worked again:

//Any google url. Thsi example is fake for Google Drive direct link.
$url = "https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0BxQKKJYjuNElbFBNUlBndmVHHAj";

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, TRUE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, TRUE);  
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 3);     
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
$html = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $html;

I tested it today, 03/19/2018