PHP file_get_contents returning false

Question

Maybe I\'ve been sat here too long staring at this but WHY would file_get_contents return false here? I\'ve cut and paste the URL and it works fine

Answer 1

Probably allow_url_fopen in your php.ini: http://php.net/manual/en/filesystem.configuration.php

Needs to be allowed.

Answer 2

You may need to enable allow_url_fopen in your php.ini

http://www.php.net/manual/en/filesystem.configuration.php#ini.allow-url-fopen

From the documentation:

This option enables the URL-aware fopen wrappers that enable accessing URL object like files.

Your server may be preventing you from opening a file located at a URL using file_get_contents.

Answer 3

Try this:

$query = http_build_query(array('search'=>$as_any, 'location'=>$location));
$url = "http://jobs.github.com/positions.json?" . $query;

The problem is that you weren't URL-encoding the search term, which contains a space. The request was returning a 400 error from the server, which you'd have noticed if you had error reporting enabled.

Answer 4

Sometimes if file_get_contents return false (not found) you should see if the url is encoded.

example:

http://test.net/демо/

Should be:

https://test.net/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE/