Re: fopen() for http:// sometimes working, sometimes not

I'm now using PHP 5.2.5. Well, it seems to still be happening. This describes the problem but I haven't found a solution that works for me yet: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=11058 Is it a PHP problem or DNS? It works sometimes but not other times...... something strange is going on. Example messages: [Fri Dec 28 11:59:04 2007] [error] [client 192.168.0.51] PHP Warning: fopen() [<a href='function.fopen'>function.fopen</a>]: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known [Fri Dec 28 11:59:04 2007] [error] [client 192.168.0.51] PHP Warning: fopen(http://www.lantanalinks.com) [<a href='function.fopen'>function.fopen</a>]: failed to open stream: Success I suppose I could adjust the script to try again if it fails the first time, but I shouldn't have to. Some additional info, when it fails with this problem, it fails very quickly (in less than half a second)... its like it doesn't even try to look up the name. -- Albert Wiersch Fix your website: http://onlinewebcheck.com ""Albert Wiersch"" <support@htmlvalidator.com> wrote in message news:D5.5A.52211.973D3774@pb1.pair.com... > > I noticed my script at http://onlinewebcheck.com was sometimes (fairly > often) failing to open some URLs that users have entered. fopen() returns > false very quickly, but when tried again with the same URL, sometimes it > works. What would cause this behavior? Why does fopen() occasionally fail > to open valid http addresses but works at other times? > > -- > Albert Wiersch