Cannot suppress fsockopen errors

Hi, Im having a hard time surpressing fsckopen() errors. I've looked at the manual and searched around, but what i am doing /appears/ to be correct, yet im still geting warnings... here's the code: // open a socket to the server if($handle = @fsockopen($bits['host'], 80, $errno, $errstr, 10) or die("die")) { return true; } and here are the warnings: warning: fsockopen(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known in /var/www/localhost/vhosts/payment.communicontent.com/modules/partners/inc/includes/validateBlog.inc on line 53. warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to www.ivana.dk:80 in /var/www/localhost/vhosts/payment.communicontent.com/modules/partners/inc/includes/validateBlog.inc on line 53. I've even tried looking though php.ini for any clues and i dont see anything useful. Does anyone have an idea of what im missing here? Many thanks! -- Nick Wilson Tel: +45 3311 2250