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

Question

I am having problems calling a url from PHP code. I need to call a service using a query string from my PHP code. If I type the url into a browser, it works ok, but if I use

Answer 1

I'm not sure about the parameters(mpaction, format), if they are specified for the amazonaws page or ##.##.

Try to urlencode() the url.