Warning on PHP fopen

Question

$file = @fopen("http://ajax.htm","rb");

I am getting this error while using fopen

Warning: fopen(xyz.htm): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! 
in /home/user/public_html/aaa/ttt.php on line 8

what could be the reason behind this?

Answer 1

from docs:

If PHP has decided that filename specifies a registered protocol, and that protocol is registered as a network URL, PHP will check to make sure that allow_url_fopen is enabled. If it is switched off, PHP will emit a warning and the fopen call will fail.

edit: ajax.htm is not a valid url.

Answer 2

$file = @fopen("ajax.htm","rb");

there is your problem i think

http://nl3.php.net/function.fopen

Answer 3

I am going to go out on a huge limb here and suggest the problem is the url, 'http://ajax.htm'.