/**
* Request the page from IMDb
* @param $url
* @return string Page html. Empty string on failure
*/
protected function requestPage($url)
{
$this->logger->info("[Page] Requesting [{$url}]");
$req = new MDB_Request($url, $this->config);
if (!$req->sendRequest()) {
$this->logger->error("[Page] Failed to connect to server when requesting url [{$url}]");
return '';
}
if (200 == $req->getStatus()) {
return $req->getResponseBody();
} elseif ($redirectUrl = $req->getRedirect()) {
$this->logger->debug("[Page] Following redirect from [{$url}] to [{$redirectUrl}]");
return $this->requestPage($redirectUrl);
} else {
$this->logger->error("[Page] Failed to retrieve url [{url}]. Response headers:{headers}", array('url' => $url, 'headers' => $req->getLastResponseHeaders()));
return '';
}
}
protected function debug_html($html)
{
$this->logger->error(htmlentities($html));
}
