Cross Domain Proxy : Blank XML returned when url contains space

Hi All,

I am using a proxy to retrieve data (in xml format) from a remote server. Depending on a search string, a url is formed : for example, if search string is "hello all", then the url will be :

'http://songbuzz.rediff.com/search/hello all?output=xml'

Code (markup):

when this search string is a single string, i am getting proper xml data...but when there are multiple strings, most of the time I am not getting any result - A blank response.

Following is my proxy code:

// The actual form action
$action = $_REQUEST['url'];

// Initiate cURL
$ch = curl_init();

// Do we need to POST of GET ?
if (strtoupper($method) == 'POST')
{
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $action);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields);  [I am not using the field attribute]
}
else
{
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $action);
}

// Follow redirects and return the transfer
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);

// Get result and close cURL
$result = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

// Return the response
header('Content-Type: text/xml'); 
echo $result;

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I tried several other proxies (open source available) but the same thing is happening.
Can you tell me where am I going wrong?


Thanks,
Swarnendu

 

set your proxy in

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, $proxy);

Code (markup):

 

Did you try to urlencode() action url or at least replace spaces with + (plus) sign?