cURL problems with PHP

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Previosly I have been pulling in some page content via CURL from the BBC site using this code,

    $c = curl_init('http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/conference_north_table/default.stm');

    curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    $html =  curl_exec ($c);
    if (curl_error($c))
        die(curl_error($c));

    $startpos = strpos($html, '<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" class="fulltable">');

    $endpos = strpos($html, '<!-- E IINC -->');
    $length = $endpos - $startpos;
    $rest = substr($html, $startpos,$length);
    $rest = str_replace("border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\"","border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\"", $rest);
    $rest = str_replace('<tr><td colspan="15"><hr/></td></tr>',"", $rest);

    $rest = str_replace('<tr>
      <td colspan="15">
         <div style="padding: 10px 0 0 0;"><img src=" http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/img/tbl_spc.gif" height="2px" width="100%"></div>
      </td>
   </tr>
',"", $rest);

    echo $rest;
    curl_close($c);

Previously this was working fine using php 5.1.3 on an old server we have since migrated the site to a server running 5.4.8, however the above code is not working anymore, is there any reason for this? I cannot see any problem.

If I kill the script at $html I get the following reponse,

LEAGUE TABLE

MOVED PERMANENTLY

The document has moved here.

However if I navigate to the URL through the browser I can view the page fine, so it obviously has not moved anywhere (backed up by the fact the Curl request was working before we migrated servers.

Any error messages? Have you inserted debug statements to see what the values look like? What exactly does "not working anymore" mean? — Olaf Dietsche
– Olaf Dietsche, Commented Nov 15, 2012 at 9:16
good habit to always put block code in {} brackets. Even one liners like in your case if (curl_error($c)) .... - Such habit would save your from troubles in less expected moment — Marcin Orlowski
– Marcin Orlowski, Commented Nov 15, 2012 at 9:20
It may be trying to redirect to another page and not following through. Try stackoverflow.com/questions/3519939/make-curl-follow-redirects ? — Maccath
– Maccath, Commented Nov 15, 2012 at 9:21

Plamen Nikolov · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-15 09:36:29Z

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The address has actually moved. Change the first line with:

$c = curl_init('http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/conference_north_table/default.stm');

The above code now shows me the table with the results.

answered Nov 15, 2012 at 9:36

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Olaf Dietsche · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-15 09:39:03Z

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You must use

curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);

to follow the redirection.

See PHP: curl_setopt for the full list of options.

answered Nov 15, 2012 at 9:39

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