Re: POST without POSTing

----- Original Message ---- > From: Daniel Brown <danbrown@php.net> > To: Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:58:18 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] POST without POSTing > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 00:41, Paul M Foster wrote: > > > > fsockopen() appears to be part of the standard network functions in PHP, > > like the header() function. Do you mean that many hosts support the > > function (as part of PHP) but don't support its use with external hosts? > > Is there a way to determine this support from looking at phpinfo()? > > fsockopen() is a socket function, as the name suggests. Hosts can > disable the usage of sockets. In fact, check Google and you'll see > several folks complaining of their host having it disabled. If the service provider uses jails on *BSD, then sockets are definitely disabled for security reasons. They don't want you to hack into other people's jail(s) ;) > > As for fopen(), there's a php.ini value > allow_url_fopen that a > lot of hosts have set to 'no,' I'm sure with the intent to increase > security.... but when you can still use cURL and exec('wget'), it kind > of defeats the purpose. > > -- > > daniel.brown@parasane.net || danbrown@php.net > http://www.parasane.net/ || > http://www.pilotpig.net/ > Check out our great hosting and dedicated server deals at > http://twitter.com/pilotpig > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php