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I have small issue with php file_get_contents(); i try to download compressed packages from url like "http://mydomain.com?download.php?id=1234" downloading same file with browser works and all headers seems to be ok but through file_get_contents file is empty...

+1  A: 

Don't you mean that it return false ?

Anyway if you're download files, it would be better to use the curl library and the HTTP extension.


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Colin Hebert
+1 for Curl, Curl should be what you are looking for.
jostster
A: 

different host and mimetype returns empty so i can't hadle those packages.

  • just installed http and got more information about link and yes it is redirected so is file_get_contents only way to go or does curl support redirection?

Got it

Found script from http://w-shadow.com/blog/2008/07/05/how-to-get-redirect-url-in-php/ which got me through with redirect link issue so now i got good script to fetch data.

Thank you all

Eagle