Why is the same input returning two different MD5 hashes?

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Published on 2010-05-10T01:03:12Z Indexed on 2010/05/10 1:08 UTC
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Alright, I have two files. They are the EXACT SAME.

The first file is: http://iadsonline.com/servconfig.php

And the second file is: http://xzerox.info/servconfig.php

However, when I use md5_file() to get their MD5, They return two different MD5's.

The first returns cc7819055cde3194bb3b136bad5cf58d, which is incorrect, and the second returns 96a0cec80eb773687ca28840ecc67ca1, which is correct.

The file is simply an  

To verify, I've used this code:

$contents = file_get_contents($URL);
echo htmlentities($contents);

And they both return  

So why is it hashing them differently?

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