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

Sometimes if file_get_contents return false (not found) you should see if the url is encoded.

example:

http://test.net/демо/

Should be:

https://test.net/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE/