Reading Contents of .txt

[Robert64]

I'm trying to get the contents of a .txt like this:

$bfile = fopen( "http://www.robertandsherman.co.uk/botbattle/bots/bot" . $botid . ".txt", "r" );
$raw = fread( $bfile, filesize( $bfile ));
fclose( $bfile );
					
echo( "contents: " . $raw );

But all I get is "contents: " with nothing next to it. The file definitely exists in the place I specified, so what have I done wrong?

[gngbng]

[url]http://ca2.php.net/file_get_contents[/url]

[Robert64]

[QUOTE=gngbng;18101927][url]http://ca2.php.net/file_get_contents[/url][/QUOTE]

Thanks

[high6]

You are using [url=http://php.net/manual/en/function.filesize.php]filesize[/url] wrong.

[Robert64]

[QUOTE=high6;18102817]You are using [url=http://php.net/manual/en/function.filesize.php]filesize[/url] wrong.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, at least I know what I did wrong with the old method now :D

[User.]

[QUOTE=high6;18102817]You are using [url=http://php.net/manual/en/function.filesize.php]filesize[/url] wrong.[/QUOTE]

No he isn't, for fread you need to specify how many bytes to read from the file. In this case using filesize($file) reads the entire file.

I personally don't see a problem with that script, but I think it may be because you've specified a complete URL where I think it requires a relative path. file_get_contents allows you to use full URLs, hence its ability to fetch data from remote hosts.

[-[ Fizzadar ]-]

[QUOTE=User.;18103162]No he isn't, for fread you need to specify how many bytes to read from the file. In this case using filesize($file) reads the entire file.

I personally don't see a problem with that script, but I think it may be because you've specified a complete URL where I think it requires a relative path. file_get_contents allows you to use full URLs, hence its ability to fetch data from remote hosts.[/QUOTE]

He was doing filesize( file handle ) and not filesize( file.txt )

[efeX]

I thought it throws a warning if you try using filesize() on an external file

[andersonmat]

[QUOTE=efeX;18104488]I thought it throws a warning if you try using filesize() on an external file[/QUOTE]

I think it does.