File_Get_Contents

OK, simple enough command

$string = file_get_contents ( "http://www.google.com" );

And it used to work superbly! however now my computer must use a proxy server to access the internet and this doesnt work anymore!

Please does anyone know how I can tell this command to use http://myproxyserver:8080 note I also have to type in a username password and domain name when I am connecting through this, so is there a way I can put this in as well.

Thanks In Advanced

Have u tryed using fopen?

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php

There is also a comment on how to use a proxy server there.

I wont be able to test until I am back in work... but just a little question, from the code below how will I get the source code of "www.google.com" into $string? (I am a newbie)

Code:

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Based on a previous code, here is the getThroughProxy function, with proxy Basic authentification :
function getthroughproxy
($myfiles,
 $proxyhost="0.0.0.0",
 $proxyport=0,
 $proxyuser = '',
 $proxypass = ''
 )
  {
      $errno = '';
      $errstr = '';
      $datei = fsockopen($proxyhost, $proxyport, &$errno, &$errstr,30);
      if( !$datei )
      {
          return array('headers'=>false,
                        'content'=>false,
                        'errno'=>$errno,
                        'errstr'=>$errstr);
      // ^^^ proxy not available
      } else
      {
          fputs($datei,"GET $myfiles HTTP/1.0\n");
          if ('' !== $proxyuser)
          {               
              fputs($datei, 'Proxy-Authorization: Basic '.base64_encode("$proxyuser:$proxypass")."\n");
          }
          fputs($datei, "\n\n");
          $zeile = '';
          while (!feof($datei))
          {
                $zeile =$zeile.fread($datei,4096);
          }
      }
      fclose($datei);
      return array('headers'=>substr($zeile,0,strpos($zeile,"\r\n\r\n")),
      'content'=>substr($zeile,strpos($zeile,"\r\n\r\n")+4),
      'errno'=>$errno,
      'errstr'=>$errstr);
  }

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