file_get_contents failed to open stream when reading content from YouTube

Question

i try to read contents from any URL with PHP. Here is my code (localhost):

$f = file_get_contents('http://www.youtube.com');

but i get this message:

failed to open stream: A conection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or establised connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

when i open http://www.youtube.com/ directly it's fine. So there isn't wrong with my connection. Is this failure depend on my php configuration or something else?

Jonathon Reinhart: meanwhile the deleted answer about youtube protection was correct. Google quickly bans people who steal their data with dummy scripts. — zerkms, Oct 21 '14 at 05:30
oh it is. When i use internet connection in my campus which using proxy it happens. otherwise is success. so my question now is how to run the script in my campus? — smftr, Oct 21 '14 at 12:02
@Andre Aditya Pratama: you cannot - google don't like thefts. — zerkms, Oct 21 '14 at 20:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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I just want to suggest cURL. cURL is best method to parse websites than file_get_contents.

<?php

$ch = curl_init("http://www.example.com/");
$fp = fopen("example_homepage.txt", "w");

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
fclose($fp);
?>

http://php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php

http://www.sitepoint.com/using-curl-for-remote-requests/

cURL doesn’t require any configuration. some webhosts block the function files_get_contents so cURL is best every time.

Why file_get_contents is not working for this You can read SO ans.

Why doesn't file_get_contents work?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Oct 21 '14 at 05:38

Naresh

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Why do you think your code should return different results? – zerkms Oct 21 '14 at 05:38
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I am not saying that my code should return diff result. i am just giving another option and suggesting if file get content is not working. – Naresh Oct 21 '14 at 05:42
"and suggesting if file get content is not working" --- well, from my experience people suggest something different if it supposed to work differently. So the question is: why do you think your code is different from the OP's one? – zerkms Oct 21 '14 at 05:44
the example_homepage.txt is empty for me – smftr Oct 21 '14 at 08:46

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 21 '14 at 05:26

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here it is:

<?php
    echo file_get_contents('http://www.youtube.com');
?>

It is working perfect in both chrome and firefox, i don't what's wrong with you? check it again....

answered Oct 21 '14 at 05:26

Amrinder Singh

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This is not an answer – zerkms Oct 21 '14 at 05:29
this is what i tried on my side, i have shown the code with complete php tags, which could be the problem with the user who is not getting the result, as it is working fine for me.... – Amrinder Singh Oct 21 '14 at 05:34

file_get_contents failed to open stream when reading content from YouTube

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