I am using the output of a php file on a remote server, to show content on my own web-site. I do not have access to modify files on the remote server.
The remote php file outputs java script like this:
document.write('<p>some text</p>');
If I enter the url in a browser I get the correct output. E.g:
https://www.remote_server.com/files/the.php?param1=12
I can show the output of the remote file on my website like this:
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.remote_server.com/files/the.php?param1=12"></script>
But I would like to filter the output a bit before showing it.
Therefore I implemented a php file with this code:
function getRemoteOutput(){
$file = fopen("https://www.remote_server.com/files/the.php?param1=12","r");
$output = fread($file,1024);
fclose($file);
return $output;
}
When I call this function fopen() returns a valid handle, but fread() returns an empty string.
I have tried using file_get_contents() instead, but get the same result.
Is what I am trying to do possible?
Is it possible for the remote server to allow me to read the file via the browser, but block access from a php file?
Your variable $output is only holding the 1st 1024 bytes of the url... (headers maybe?).
You will need to add a while not the "end of file" loop to concatenate the entire remote file.
PHP reference: feof
You can learn a lot more in the PHP description for the fread function.
PHP reference: fread.
<?php
echo getRemoteOutput();
function getRemoteOutput(){
$file = fopen("http://php.net/manual/en/function.fread.php","r");
$output = "";
while (!feof($file)){ // while not the End Of File
$output.= fread($file,1024); //reads 1024 bytes at a time and appends to the variable as a string.
}
return $output;
fclose($file);
}
?>
In regards to your questions:
Is what I am trying to do possible?
Yes this is possible.
Is it possible for the remote server to allow me to read the file via
the browser, but block access from a php file?
I doubt it.
I contacted the support team for the site I was trying to connect to. They told me that they do prevent access from php files.
So that seems to be the reason for my problems, and apparently I just cannot do what I tried to do.
For what it's worth, here is the code I used to test the various methods to read file output:
<?php
//$remotefile = 'http://www.xencomsoftware.net/configurator/tracker/ip.php';
$remotefile = "http://php.net/manual/en/function.fread.php";
function getList1(){
global $remotefile;
$output = file_get_contents($remotefile);
return htmlentities($output);
}
function getList2(){
global $remotefile;
$file = fopen($remotefile,"r");
$output = "";
while (!feof($file)){ // while not the End Of File
$output.= fread($file,1024); //reads 1024 bytes at a time and appends to the variable as a string.
}
fclose($file);
return htmlentities($output);
}
function getList3(){
global $remotefile;
$ch = curl_init(); // create curl resource
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $remotefile); // set url
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); //return the transfer as a string
$output = curl_exec($ch); // $output contains the output string
curl_close($ch); // close curl resource to free up system resources
return htmlentities($output);
}
function getList4(){
global $remotefile;
$r = new HttpRequest($remotefile, HttpRequest::METH_GET);
try {
$r->send();
if ($r->getResponseCode() == 200) {
$output = $r->getResponseBody();
}
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Caught exception: ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
}
return htmlentities($output);
}
function dumpList($ix, $list){
$len = strlen($list);
echo "<p><b>--- getList$ix() ---</b></p>";
echo "<div>Length: $len</div>";
for ($i = 0 ; $i < 10 ; $i++) {
echo "$i: $list[$i] <br>";
}
// echo "<p>$list</p>";
}
dumpList(1, getList1()); // doesn't work! You cannot include/requre a remote file.
dumpList(2, getList2());
dumpList(3, getList3());
dumpList(4, getList4());
?>
I'm having trouble implementing a script which should parse a json string from a file, either overwrite the object with the same id or add it to the json array and write it back to the file. The script is called in a for loop so that I tried to use flock to prevent overwriting the file before the json string could be parsed, but the results look really strange and I don't know whats going wrong. Here is the script:
$method = $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
$file = fopen($userid . '.json', 'c+');
flock($file, LOCK_EX);
$jsonStr = (filesize($userid . '.json') == 0 ) ? '{"success": true}' : fread($file, filesize($userid . '.json'));
$jsonObj = json_decode($jsonStr);
if($method === 'POST') {
$dataStr = file_get_contents('php://input');
$dataObj = json_decode($dataStr);
$replacements = array();
if(isset($jsonObj->images)) {
foreach($jsonObj->images as $idx=>$image) {
if($image->id == $dataObj->id) {
$replacements += array($idx => $dataObj);
}
}
if(count($replacements)==0) {
array_push($replacements, $dataObj);
}
$jsonObj->images = array_replace($jsonObj->images, $replacements);
} else {
//$jsonObj = new stdClass();
$jsonObj->images = new stdClass();
$jsonObj->images = array($dataObj);
}
fwrite($file, json_encode($jsonObj));
file_put_contents('log.json', json_encode($dataObj), FILE_APPEND);
echo '{"success":true, "images":' . $dataStr . '}';
} else if($method === 'GET') {
echo $jsonStr;
}
fclose($file);
As result I get sometime three files one just called ".json" and the other one correctly userid.json and the log.json. The log looks best, since all 26 objects are shown correctly, but without checking for exiting objects previously. The ".json" is just blank and the looks really odd:
{"success":true,"images":[{"id":"f9f4b6ee-8b7b-414e-98f4-47ed5ee3c594","top":1200,"left":4050,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"success":true,"images":[{"id":"034c7661-9466-4651-b860-7e049e1543ac","top":900,"left":600,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"eebc35ec-6c0e-416a-9516-061df821083d","top":1800,"left":3300,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"e09da5b9-2e65-4a12-94cd-4745b354a256","top":1200,"left":1200,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"b023a259-4554-48a5-acd8-cb4215e6a391","top":1350,"left":1500,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"6521d8c3-461c-4fcd-b69d-69f14ae37418","top":600,"left":3750,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"4c082c1a-d4ae-4c1c-bfc4-ed36980f5db2","top":3150,"left":600,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"22dbdea2-4936-4353-825e-9af6e6f2ca93","top":3000,"left":2100,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"a7ba32d4-912e-489d-8f9b-e412bc1629c1","top":2850,"left":3750,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"b258148d-1779-4f17-ae5e-1160aa0a34b9","top":750,"left":4050,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"21c1c9d1-a7a6-48d2-a4ba-174c0fe248a3","top":1650,"left":750,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"bfed2f56-7876-4eb2-a217-e0f71f4455ee","top":3300,"left":1500,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"7f13b674-5d07-444f-bf6d-463758c96788","top":1650,"left":1950,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"fb8711f2-ba10-44d7-9038-02cae6438506","top":1800,"left":450,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"ac83e869-e4fb-4eee-8d2e-4d26762101d9","top":750,"left":1800,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"069a7595-2271-4430-b324-974115df7b80","top":2550,"left":1800,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"ea9ab2fc-e179-4f56-9ce7-8af456911b33","top":1950,"left":750,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"9b997ae3-0c66-4f78-937a-2fde2470d7d7","top":300,"left":300,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"f860dea4-3b27-4401-999b-72ce45022110","top":1200,"left":1950,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"2633c107-8a51-4e9c-bc2c-f87c30f7359d","top":750,"left":2100,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"bebcb2bb-c2f0-4e4d-b202-b05090eacf49","top":3600,"left":3600,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"460f961e-f1dd-4329-95be-d30770a37b83","top":2400,"left":1200,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"ee9b254f-fe6a-4ece-a662-e934625e992a","top":3600,"left":600,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"4e047ea9-345e-4cf9-a066-d0b431820c61","top":2100,"left":1350,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"8bbb5327-6d39-40e1-919e-d7b70e13fc2b","top":2700,"left":1200,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
{"images":[{"id":"0c50c0ec-e18b-4917-9787-bad245eed798","top":1200,"left":2550,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
I also get an exception:
<b>Strict Standards</b>: Creating default object from empty value in <b>C:\xampp\htdocs\gallery\store.php</b> on line <b>38</b><br />
I guess I didn't understand the procedure correctly and I'm happy for any help.
EDIT: The result I want, looks like this:
{"success":true,"images":[{"id":"f9f4b6ee-8b7b-414e-98f4-47ed5ee3c594","top":1200,"left":4050,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"034c7661-9466-4651-b860-7e049e1543ac","top":900,"left":600,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},{"id":"eebc35ec-6c0e-416a-9516-061df821083d","top":1800,"left":3300,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"e09da5b9-2e65-4a12-94cd-4745b354a256","top":1200,"left":1200,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"b023a259-4554-48a5-acd8-cb4215e6a391","top":1350,"left":1500,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"6521d8c3-461c-4fcd-b69d-69f14ae37418","top":600,"left":3750,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"4c082c1a-d4ae-4c1c-bfc4-ed36980f5db2","top":3150,"left":600,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"22dbdea2-4936-4353-825e-9af6e6f2ca93","top":3000,"left":2100,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"a7ba32d4-912e-489d-8f9b-e412bc1629c1","top":2850,"left":3750,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"b258148d-1779-4f17-ae5e-1160aa0a34b9","top":750,"left":4050,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"21c1c9d1-a7a6-48d2-a4ba-174c0fe248a3","top":1650,"left":750,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"bfed2f56-7876-4eb2-a217-e0f71f4455ee","top":3300,"left":1500,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"7f13b674-5d07-444f-bf6d-463758c96788","top":1650,"left":1950,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"fb8711f2-ba10-44d7-9038-02cae6438506","top":1800,"left":450,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"ac83e869-e4fb-4eee-8d2e-4d26762101d9","top":750,"left":1800,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"069a7595-2271-4430-b324-974115df7b80","top":2550,"left":1800,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"ea9ab2fc-e179-4f56-9ce7-8af456911b33","top":1950,"left":750,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"9b997ae3-0c66-4f78-937a-2fde2470d7d7","top":300,"left":300,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"f860dea4-3b27-4401-999b-72ce45022110","top":1200,"left":1950,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"2633c107-8a51-4e9c-bc2c-f87c30f7359d","top":750,"left":2100,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"bebcb2bb-c2f0-4e4d-b202-b05090eacf49","top":3600,"left":3600,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"460f961e-f1dd-4329-95be-d30770a37b83","top":2400,"left":1200,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"ee9b254f-fe6a-4ece-a662-e934625e992a","top":3600,"left":600,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"4e047ea9-345e-4cf9-a066-d0b431820c61","top":2100,"left":1350,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"8bbb5327-6d39-40e1-919e-d7b70e13fc2b","top":2700,"left":1200,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]},
{"id":"0c50c0ec-e18b-4917-9787-bad245eed798","top":1200,"left":2550,"clicks":0,"affinity":[]}]}
Cheers,
Daniel
I finally have it working and for anyone else having issues with simultaneous file access, here's my solution:
Check if the file exists, if not, create it and set up the data structure (to prevent the strict standard error)
$filename = $userid . '.json';
if(!file_exists($filename)) {
$file = fopen($filename, 'w');
if(flock($file, LOCK_EX)) {
fwrite($file, '{"success": true, "images": []}');
flock($file, LOCK_UN);
fclose($file);
}
}
Open the file using c+ as second parameter (w+ would set the filesize to 0). Check if you can get the exclusive lock. Read the file and rewind in order to overwrite it later.
else {
$file = fopen($userid . '.json', 'c+');
if(flock($file, LOCK_EX)) {
$jsonStr = fread($file, filesize($userid . '.json'));
$jsonObj = json_decode($jsonStr);
rewind($file);
Manipulate the object how you need it and write it back as encoded json string using fwrite
if($method === 'POST') {
$dataStr = file_get_contents('php://input');
if(isset($dataStr) &&$dataStr != '') {
$dataObj = json_decode($dataStr);
$replace = -1;
foreach($jsonObj->images as $idx=>$image) {
if($image->id == $dataObj->id) {
$replace = $idx;
}
}
if($replace != -1) {
$img = $jsonObj->images;
$img[$replace] = $dataObj;
$jsonObj->images = $img;
} else {
array_push($jsonObj->images, $dataObj);
}
fwrite($file, json_encode($jsonObj));
}
echo '{"success":true, "images":' . $dataStr . '}';
} else if($method === 'GET') {
echo $jsonStr;
}
Release the lock and close the file.
flock($file, LOCK_UN);
fclose($file);
}
}