Posible problem in HTTPRequest->DownloadToString

[shakk]

hi, I found a problem in HTTPRequest->DownloadToString function. When submitting url pointing to a large chunk of data... eventually it will not stop looping and could draw out all of my hosting bandwidth.

I've made a quick fix(not necesary best fix ) to limit the download size to 10k until you guys more capable of making a better fix temporarily.

in libs/link.php, class HTTPRequest, method DownloadToString

      $read_count =0;
        /* modified read max 10k */
       while(is_resource($this->_fp) && $this->_fp && !feof($this->_fp) && 
$read_count++ < 10) {

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[Yankidank]

Good find. I noticed this a while ago when experimenting with linking to mp3 files and generating a podcast rss feed over a month ago. Unfortunately I didn't take note of this problem, better caught now than later when someone gets stuck with a huge bandwidth bill. I enjoyed reading the blog post, nice job.

[stlinnovations]

Hi all,

Is there a tep-by-step solution to this problem? as having major issues with it all.

I get the error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined method HttpRequest:ownloadToString() in .../libs/link.php on line 69

As was reporting that HttpRequest could not be redefined (so commented it out) but I now get the above error?

Im using php 5

Any ideas - as really stuck!

cheers - Jamie

[devplayer]

Call to undefined method HttpRequest::DownloadToString() in ...libs\link.php on line 57

I have the same problem.
Apparently the original HTTPRequest class does not have this method defined.

The workaround for this was to rename the class and the references to it.