fopen, fsockopen on my virtual host

[Al]

I've got a script that fetches a stream from a file on our virtual host. Its
been working fine; but, yesterday they changed something and it no longer works.

$fp= fsockopen("www.oursite.org", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);

I can use any remote site and fscockopen works fine.

Anyone have a suggestion as to how I deal with this problem?

[Richard Lynch]

Post by Al
I've got a script that fetches a stream from a file on our virtual host. Its
been working fine; but, yesterday they changed something and it no longer works.

Can you define "no longer works" a bit more clearly...

Error messages?

Just times out?

What?

Post by Al
$fp= fsockopen("www.oursite.org", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
I can use any remote site and fscockopen works fine.
Anyone have a suggestion as to how I deal with this problem?

if ($errno){
error_log("fsockopen errored out with # $errno: $errstr");
}

[Al]

Post by Richard Lynch

Post by Al
I've got a script that fetches a stream from a file on our virtual host. Its
been working fine; but, yesterday they changed something and it no longer works.

Can you define "no longer works" a bit more clearly...
Error messages?
Just times out?
What?

Post by Al
$fp= fsockopen("www.oursite.org", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
I can use any remote site and fscockopen works fine.
Anyone have a suggestion as to how I deal with this problem?

if ($errno){
error_log("fsockopen errored out with # $errno: $errstr");
}
Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to www.restonrunners.org:80 in /www/r/reston/htdocs/phpList/PQ/PQutility.php on line 364
Operation timed out (60)

fsockopen() works fine with remote URLs and even "localhost"; but, not with our
own URL.

I'd use "localhost" but, I need to attach some GET arguments and I can't figure
out a way to do it. e.g.,

$str= file_get_contents(localhost?page=processqueue&login=Pmin&password=xxxxx)

[Jochem Maas]

...

Post by Al
$str=
file_get_contents(localhost?page=processqueue&login=Pmin&password=xxxxx)

$str = file_get_contents('http://localhost/?page=processqueue&login=Pmin&password=xxxxx');

[Richard Lynch]

Post by Al

Post by Richard Lynch

Post by Al
I've got a script that fetches a stream from a file on our virtual host. Its
been working fine; but, yesterday they changed something and it no
longer
works.

Can you define "no longer works" a bit more clearly...
Error messages?
Just times out?
What?

Post by Al
$fp= fsockopen("www.oursite.org", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
I can use any remote site and fscockopen works fine.
Anyone have a suggestion as to how I deal with this problem?

if ($errno){
error_log("fsockopen errored out with # $errno: $errstr");
}
Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to www.restonrunners.org:80 in
/www/r/reston/htdocs/phpList/PQ/PQutility.php on line 364
Operation timed out (60)

fsockopen() works fine with remote URLs and even "localhost"; but, not with our
own URL.
I'd use "localhost" but, I need to attach some GET arguments and I can't figure
out a way to do it. e.g.,
$str=
file_get_contents(localhost?page=processqueue&login=Pmin&password=xxxxx)

Put some quotes on that, and http:// on the front, and it should work as-is.

Your own domain not working is a symptom of something else though...

Can you ping restonrunners.org?

What happens if you try to do this in a shell:
telnet restonrunners.org 80
GET / HTTP/1.0
Host: restonrunners.org


Hit 'return' twice after the 'Host:' line.

You should get your homepage.

You may have some firewall mis-configured, or DNS issues, or /etc/hosts
might be messed up or...

Many things *could* be wrong to cause this, but none of them are really
PHP-related.

[Al]

Post by Richard Lynch

Post by Al

Post by Richard Lynch

Post by Al
I've got a script that fetches a stream from a file on our virtual host. Its
been working fine; but, yesterday they changed something and it no
longer
works.

Can you define "no longer works" a bit more clearly...
Error messages?
Just times out?
What?

Post by Al
$fp= fsockopen("www.oursite.org", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
I can use any remote site and fscockopen works fine.
Anyone have a suggestion as to how I deal with this problem?

if ($errno){
error_log("fsockopen errored out with # $errno: $errstr");
}
Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to www.restonrunners.org:80 in
/www/r/reston/htdocs/phpList/PQ/PQutility.php on line 364
Operation timed out (60)

fsockopen() works fine with remote URLs and even "localhost"; but, not with our
own URL.
I'd use "localhost" but, I need to attach some GET arguments and I can't figure
out a way to do it. e.g.,
$str=
file_get_contents(localhost?page=processqueue&login=Pmin&password=xxxxx)

Put some quotes on that, and http:// on the front, and it should work as-is.
Your own domain not working is a symptom of something else though...
Can you ping restonrunners.org?
telnet restonrunners.org 80
GET / HTTP/1.0
Host: restonrunners.org
Hit 'return' twice after the 'Host:' line.
You should get your homepage.
You may have some firewall mis-configured, or DNS issues, or /etc/hosts
might be messed up or...
Many things *could* be wrong to cause this, but none of them are really
PHP-related.

You are correct, the problem is due to the host switching to "load balancing"
servers.

Required syntax is now fsockopen("localhost.domain.com", port, time) and
$string= file_get_contents("http://localhost.domain.com/path").

Thanks again....

[Al]

Post by Richard Lynch

Post by Al
I've got a script that fetches a stream from a file on our virtual host. Its
been working fine; but, yesterday they changed something and it no longer works.

Can you define "no longer works" a bit more clearly...
Error messages?
Just times out?
What?

Post by Al
$fp= fsockopen("www.oursite.org", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
I can use any remote site and fscockopen works fine.
Anyone have a suggestion as to how I deal with this problem?

if ($errno){
error_log("fsockopen errored out with # $errno: $errstr");
}

Same, only a minor typo correction

Post by Richard Lynch
Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to www.restonrunners.org:80 in /www/r/restonrunners/htdocs/phpList/PQ/PQutility.php on line 364
Operation timed out (60)

fsockopen() works fine with remote URLs and even "localhost"; but, not with our
own URL.

I'd use "localhost" but, I need to attach some GET arguments and I can't figure
out a way to do it. e.g.,

$str= file_get_contents(localhost?page=processqueue&login=Pmin&password=xxxxx)

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