fopen of URL fails

[lvzardoz]

I'm trying to read a webpage to extract some video links. When I try to fopen the URL, it fails:

$fp=fopen("http://msnbc.com/news/NIGHTLYTB_Front.asp","rb");

Warning: fopen(http://msnbc.com/news/NIGHTLYTB_Front.asp) [function.fopen]: failed to create stream: Invalid argument in /home/itvfan/public_html/tv/tv_nbc.php on line 11

This is the first working URL that has failed like this. Anyone know why or have an alternate solution?

[lvzardoz]

Pending a more elegant solution, I'm going to use a Linux kludge:

$result = shell_exec("wget -q -O - $url");

This works but it is not the best solution.