Access http interface from php script

[Eagle_Erwin]

Last week I updated form 0.8.6i to 0.9.2. Since then, I can't access the http-interface from a php-script with the command:

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file_get_contents("http://server:port/requests/status.xml");

It keeps loading and then times out. The page is reachable from Firefox and IE7. I've modified the .hosts-file, so it has to accept connections from all ip's and all interfaces.
Did the makers add some kind of protection against access from php-scripts that can be disabled, or do I have to do something else?

[dionoea]

It's probably something else. Do you see the connection attempts in the VLC debug output?

[Harl]

I have the same problem. I am using Java http client to read pages I generate with my custom http interface with RPN commands. The problem here is that the connection is not closed and the client waits and then time-outs. This applies for xml pages generated with RPN. Normal html pages work fine - connection is closed as expected.

You can check it with a request from firefox/IE and checking netstat -t in command line. It will show that the connection remains ESTABLISHED after you request e.g. status.xml page.

[dionoea]

Ah ok, someone provided a patch a few weeks ago to fix this issue but we didn't apply it since nobody could tell if it was ok or not Maybe that's linked. Please post in this thread tomorrow to ask me to investigate further. I'll provide test builds for those who want (windows test builds).

[Harl]

Can you please tell me where to get those test builds from ? I can test them. Thank you.

[Eagle_Erwin]

I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one with the problem. I'm also very interested in the test builds.

[dionoea]

0.9.3-git builds with patch from viewtopic.php?f=18&t=50480 applied are available here:
http://people.videolan.org/~dionoea/vlc ... x-win32.7z

Please report if they fix (or don't fix) your problem.

Thanks, (and sorry for the slight delay)

[dionoea]

According to thedj that fix isn't correct ... but check if it works anyway ... might be helpful for people debugging.

[Harl]

He is right. It's not fixed. The http connection is not closed.

[Eagle_Erwin]

0.9.3-git builds with patch from viewtopic.php?f=18&t=50480 applied are available here:
http://people.videolan.org/~dionoea/vlc ... x-win32.7z

Please report if they fix (or don't fix) your problem.

The fix solved my problem, PHP scripts can now access the http pages through the function file_get_contents() without timing out. Thanks!

[dionoea]

Ah well ... looks like the fix was correct after all. It should be included in the next release.