problems with curl :-S

I'm trying to install a script to show the last few songs I've listened to. I haven't been able to use it sucessfully on my DH account because it uses file_get_contents and well I don't know how to use curl instead of that.

The original code is:

$xml = @file_get_contents(DEBUG===true ? 'aliguana.xml'
: 'http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/user/'.$user.'/recenttracks.xml');

I tried replacing that bit with the curl stuff but it just isn't working.

Here's what I have:

$ch = curl_init();
$timeout = 5; // set to zero for no timeout
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/user/'.$user.'/recenttracks.xml');
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout);
$xml = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
// display file
echo $xml;

Any help would be vastly appreciated. The original script and instructions can be found at http://www.audioscrobbler.net/wiki/RecentlyPlayedImageV2 and it's the RPI.php file I'm trying to change.

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The original code is:

$xml = @file_get_contents(DEBUG===true ? 'aliguana.xml'
: 'http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/user/'.$user.'/recenttracks.xml');

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There is a tenary operator in that bit of code. If you write it out in a longwinded way, it would look like this:

if(DEBUG===true) {
  $xml = file_get_contents('aliguana.xml');
} else {
  $xml = file_get_contents('http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/user/'.$user.'/recenttracks.xml');
}

That means that the cURL version of your script will need to be a little more sophisticated. Try something like this:

$url = (DEBUG===true) ? 'aliguana.xml' : 'http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/user/'.$user.'/recenttracks.xml';
$ch = curl_init();
$timeout = 5; // set to zero for no timeout
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url;
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout);
$xml = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

I have no direct experience of using such tools (or with cURL, for that matter), so you'll have to try it out.

Hmm that doesn't quite work. While it ddid get the information, instead of generating the image with it, it turned into garbage :(

This is seriously driving me crazy. I've tried various things, neither of which is working. I removed the echo part since the original script doesn't use it and I get the image but no information in it :'(

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Send me a pm if you want cms or forum software installed (for a fee)Edited by Ryo-ohki on 02/17/06 08:36 AM (server time).

Since it is sending garbage could it be a problem with the header? I beleive there is a header option for curl.
Just a thought
Silk

Well, I had the script to echo the information, which wasn't needed. It's supposed to show the information within a generated image file. I've given up on getting this script to work with DH. I have another account elsewhere that doesn't disable file_get_contents so I will have to use it instead. This makes Ryo-ohki very unhappy XD but oh well.

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I have another account elsewhere that doesn't disable file_get_contents

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You can always compile your own version of PHP that has it enabled.

I completely forgot about that lol XD I'm going to give it a shot

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I can't seem to compile php to save my life :( I tried following the instructions on the wiki but that stuff just isn't working. I go into ssh and type vim installscript (it seems that the file created is .installscript.swp?) and well some crap comes up but I continue on with the instructions and press i and paste the info. When I hit esc it does nothing and try to type :wq and more gobbledygook appears and I hit enter. Even if I close out the screen and go back in to make the file executable it says you can't do that to a binary file. What am I doing wrong?

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