curl -v 'something.com:12684/CAB/keyfile?r=ORE_0&t=VOD&p=1'
returns a 200, but using
curl -v something.com:12684/CAB/keyfile?r=ORE_0&t=VOD&p=1
returns a 400. Why do the quotes matters?
curl -v 'something.com:12684/CAB/keyfile?r=ORE_0&t=VOD&p=1'
returns a 200, but using
curl -v something.com:12684/CAB/keyfile?r=ORE_0&t=VOD&p=1
returns a 400. Why do the quotes matters?
Your URL has characters your shell recognizes as special. Most likely, the
&
, which is the signal to UNIX-ish shells to place the command in the background. So you effectively are executing three commands:You're not seeing any shell error output, because the last two are valid shell constructs.
Always quote your arguments. If in PHP, use
escapeshellarg
. Better, use thecurl
built-in or a third-party library like Guzzle.