Re: fsockopen()

Ima having problems myself with this, i dont seem to get errors when entering an invalid .com or .net name i put it down to verisign hijacking invalid somains?? could this be your problem? "Phil Ewington - 43 Plc" <phil.ewington@43plc.com> wrote in message news:CMEGJANHOICDLIHPAJBCMELDEFAA.phil.ewington@43plc.com... > Hi All, > > I am having problems with fsockopen() and wondered if anyone else has > encountered this behaviour. My problem is that when connecting to an invalid > domain I cannot trap the errors. > > I have tried setting a variable then testing the value, which prints a > warning to the screen... > > $sck_handle = fsockopen($hostname, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout); > if (!$sck_handle) > { > // socket could not be opened. > $http_statuscode = "Error:" . $errno . "-" . $errstr; > } > else > { > ... > } > > How can I get $errno & $errstr, are these for read/write errors rather than > socket initialisation? I need to know why the socket could not be opened so > I can give an appropriate error message. > > TIA > > > Phil Ewington - Technical Director > ---------------------------------- > 43 Plc > 35 Broad Street, Wokingham > Berkshire RG40 1AU > T: +44 (0)118 978 9500 > F: +44 (0)118 978 4994 > E: mailto:phil.ewington@43plc.com > W: http://www.43plc.com