get_file_content不适用于https

Question

I am using php and google's new CSE in my website . The URL for request is like https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key=INSERT-YOUR-KEY&cx=017576662512468239146:omuauf_lfve&q=lectures

The connection is https and file_get_content() is getting failed. How can i get it working?
Since i need to host the site on some external web-hosting servers, I am in need of solution which don't alter php configuration file or work with default options found on most of web-hosting sites.

Answer 1

You can use curl :

## HTTPS url that you are targeting.
$url = "https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key=INSERT-YOUR-KEY&cx=017576662512468239146:omuauf_lfve&q=lectures";
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Opera/9.23 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en)');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);

## Below two option will enable the HTTPS option.
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST,  2);
$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

Answer 2

If you can't modify the config yourself, talk to the hosting provider. It most probably has to do with the lacking of openssl in the php core or startup.

If you are doing this for someone else and you have no control or contact with the host (the "some external host"), explain the situation and help them find a suitable host with the appropriate features enabled.