PHP 4.0 Bug #7918: fopen fails to open file of form http://....

From: david@buchan.org Operating system: Linux Redhat 7.0 PHP version: 4.0.3pl1 PHP Bug Type: Filesystem function related Bug description: fopen fails to open file of form http://.... [This is related to bug 7894 which was closed without statement of resolution. It looks to be the same error]. In performing a local installation of Sourceforge 2.0 on Linux Redhat 7.0, the following error occurs with the fopen statement of the form: fopen("http://sourceforge/write_cache.php?sys_themeid=1&function=0","r";) The file is not opened and subsequent use of the file handles confirm that. If the url is typed directly into Netscape's Address box it works fine and the expected results are returned. Users on the Sourceforge offsite discussion group report everthing was fine until 4.03x was installed. I am using: Apache 1.3.14 Php 4.0.3pl1 (complied as an apache module) Linux Redhat 7.0 Mod_Perl Mod_ssl All configurations were out of the box following the basic install instructions. php.ini was not modified. -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7918&edit=1