PHP: Is there a way to change request address?

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PHP: Is there a way to change request address?

For some reason, if I request a file using a url such as this:

http://localhost/proxy.php?url=http%3A//anintranetsite/file.jpg

It works! I can get the file. But if I use,

http://127.0.0.1/proxy.php?url=http%3A//anintranetsite/file.jpg

I cannot get it to work. I am not unnderstanding what is going on... Any thoughts on what could be going wrong?

Thanks

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sounds like a router/firewall problem. localhost is probably aliased to your machine name rather than 127.0.0.1

Ben Rowe 2009-10-08 06:00:37

127.0.0.1 should always resolve to your local machine - but if you have namebased servers, you might not get the right document root for the 'website' you're trying to access

HorusKol 2009-10-08 06:14:22

Ah... I think I am finally getting somewhere... Do you mind telling me how to modify it so that 127,0.0.1 points to my local machine? Should I be editing the /etc/hosts file or is there any other file? Thanks

Legend 2009-10-08 14:22:44

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Sounds like your browser has the proxy configured wrong.

If you're using Firefox make sure that it looks like this. http://i35.tinypic.com/69g8sn.jpg

Aka "No proxy for" should contain localhost AND 127.0.0.1

Gus 2009-10-08 15:59:27

Wow! Thanks... That works for the browser... Now is there a global way of setting it so that I can do that even using Java? I mean, I did try the Network Proxy and applying globally in Ubuntu but it doesn't seem to be working...

Legend 2009-10-08 16:04:14

I'm not sure, that would be application specific. However Java has some system variables that would do what you want.http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/net/properties.htmlSo for example you'd set http.proxy to your proxy and then add 127.0.0.1 and localhost to nonProxyHosts.This might work as an environment variable like %HTTP_PROXY% but again that's application specific.

Gus 2009-10-08 17:18:37

Actually look at this http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0085.html near the bottom you can specify those variables through command line so you can do it there. Such as java.exe -Dhttp.nonProxyHosts="*.mycompany.com|*.mycompany.local|localhost"

Gus 2009-10-08 17:23:27

I don't know how I solved it... But its working now... I wrote a small relay proxy and requesting the proxy to talk with the intranet server... Thanks for all the help...

Legend 2009-10-08 20:11:02

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