PHP file_get_contents() behaves differently to browser.

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Published on 2010-03-30T20:26:37Z Indexed on 2010/03/30 20:33 UTC
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I'm trying to download the contents of a web page using PHP. When I issue the command:

$f = file_get_contents("http://mobile.mybustracker.co.uk/mobile.php?searchMode=2");

It returns a page that reports that the server is down. Yet when I paste the same URL into my browser I get the expected page.

Does anyone have any idea what's causing this? Does file_get_contents transmit any headers that differentiate it from a browser request?

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