RE: [PHP] Unable to use fopen to read a URL - DNS Problem?

check that apache is doing name resolution?? stab in the dark there. can you do includes from other locations using names? dns on the Ip address that apache/php is sitting on resolving correctly? >-----Original Message----- >From: Brian White [mailto:bwhite@steptwo.com.au] >Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 11:20 PM >To: php-general@lists.php.net >Cc: php-general@lists.php.net >Subject: [PHP] Unable to use fopen to read a URL - DNS Problem? > > >This is a repost. > >To summarise: My installtion of PHP is unable to resolve names. I can't use >fopen > to open a URL which uses a name, but if I manually calculate >the IP > address, I can read in the page OK. ( see example below ). > >I need some tips on where to start looking to solve this problem. > >If it helps, my config options when I built PHP were: > >--with-gd=/usr/local/src/gd-1.8.4/ >--enable-gd-imgstrttf >--with-ttf=/usr/local/freetype/ >--enable-calendar >--disable-short-tags >--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql/ >--with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local/src/jpeg-6b/ >--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs > >and I am running PHP 4.0.4pl1 under Debian "Potato" Linux and Apache 1.3 > >Regs > >Brian White > >At 16:28 14/08/2001 +1000, Brian White wrote: >>The following code: >> >> $url = "http://www.php.net/"; >> print ( implode( "", file( $url ) )); >> >>causes my browser to sit and twiddle it's thumbs for ages and then produce: >> >> Warning: file("http://www.php.net/") - Bad >> file descriptor in >> myfile.php on line 33 >> >> Warning: Bad arguments to implode() in myfile.php on line 33 >> >>If, however, I explictly use the IP address: >> >> $url = "http://208.247.106.187/"; >> print ( implode( "", file( $url ) )); >> >>it will successfully dump a copy of the php front page. >> >>This says to me that PHP can't resolve names. It is not a problem >>with the linux box it's running on, given that I ran "ping www.php.net" >>on that particular box to find the IP address. >> >>Can anyone tell me what I need to do to make it work? >> >>Regs >> >>Brian White >>------------------------- >>Brian White >>Step Two Designs Pty Ltd - SGML, XML & HTML Consultancy >>Phone: +612-93197901 >>Web: http://www.steptwo.com.au/ >>Email: bwhite@steptwo.com.au >> >> >>-- >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >>For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >>To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >------------------------- >Brian White >Step Two Designs Pty Ltd - SGML, XML & HTML Consultancy >Phone: +612-93197901 >Web: http://www.steptwo.com.au/ >Email: bwhite@steptwo.com.au > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > >