[snip] <?php $URLbase = "http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goesg/earth/Weather/GMS-5/jpg/vis/4km/"; if (!($fp = fopen($URLbase, "r"))) { echo "<p style=color:white>Could not open the url</p>"; exit; } $contents = fread($fp, 1000000); fclose($fp); ?> [/snip]
Was that really a line break after $URLbase = ? (Probably not, but just checking) ... Try adding a 'b' to your fopen ... fopen($URLbase, "rb") ... in the event that you're dealing with a Windows platform. HTH! Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php