PHP file_get_contents returning false

Question

Maybe I\'ve been sat here too long staring at this but WHY would file_get_contents return false here? I\'ve cut and paste the URL and it works fine

Answer 1

You may need to enable allow_url_fopen in your php.ini

http://www.php.net/manual/en/filesystem.configuration.php#ini.allow-url-fopen

From the documentation:

This option enables the URL-aware fopen wrappers that enable accessing URL object like files.

Your server may be preventing you from opening a file located at a URL using file_get_contents.