Simple html dom not working for a table[class]

Question

I want to use the contents of a website and include them in mine with "Simple Html DOM", unfortunately the code which normally works for another websites, fails in this specific case:

<?php

// Note you must download the php files from the link above 
// and link to them on this line below. 
include_once('simple_html_dom.php');


$html = file_get_html('http://www.comelmar.it/index.aspx?idmnu=23&midx=3&mbidx=2&idmnub=8&Lang=EN');
$elem = $html->find('table[class=Descrizione]', 0);
echo $elem;

?>

Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.comelmar.it/index.aspx?idmnu=23&midx=3&mbidx=2&idmnub=8&Lang=EN) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error in public_html/elin-custom-code/simple_html_dom.php on line 75

Fatal error: Call to a member function find() on a non-object in public_html/elin-custom-code/sklad-1.php on line 9

It looks like the page requires a user agent or something. It is throwing a 500 which means there is an error. Your `Fatal error` is because `$html` is false. — chris85, Feb 28 '16 at 16:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

As a link for the reference:-

file_get_contents - failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

Most hosting provides now block the furl_open parameter which allows you to use file_get_contents() to load data from an external url.

You can use CURL or a PHP client library like Guzzle.

To be make sure i just use CURL to check what is the exact problem with the help of below code:-

<?php
$curl_handle=curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL,'http://www.comelmar.it/index.aspx?idmnu=23&midx=3&mbidx=2&idmnub=8&Lang=EN');
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2);
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Your application name');
$query = curl_exec($curl_handle);
curl_close($curl_handle);
echo "<pre/>";print_r($query);
?>

Output:- http://prntscr.com/a91nl5

So it seems that for security reason these method calls(CURL and file_get_contents) are blocked on that site.

You can try this link answers also, may be you will get some useful output:-

PHP file_get_contents() returns "failed to open stream: HTTP request failed!"

Good Luck.

Thank you for your answer! If I understood you correctly, it is not possible due to security reasons? — Bocho Todorov, Feb 28 '16 at 19:37
It looks like, that's why i gave you two links along with my effort . Some more answers are there, you need to check and try them. May be you can get something useful. For me it seems security is the problem for you. — Alive to die - Anant, Feb 29 '16 at 03:44

Simple html dom not working for a table[class]

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