fsockopen error - work using browser doesn't work using fsockopen

htyen1

I am trying to retrieve a web page that contains one paramater for example

http://whatever.com:8084/?param1=value1

The above URL works fine when I just cut and paste it into the web browser.

However when I try to request it using my PHP code/fsockopen I keep getting the unable to connect error.

I try my code on other website and it works so its not my hosting company issue?

I just can't figure out why?

Hafkas

Please post the code that you are having trouble with.

jayant

1) give the code.
2) maybe, the host has blocked sockets for all ports barring a few like 80,25,100 etc.

htyen1

$get->host = "webapps.nyc.gov";
$get->port = 8084;
$get->page = "http://webapps.nyc.gov:8084/CICS/f704/f403001I?BBL=".$bbl;
$get->useragent = "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)";
$get->timeout = 5;
$get->accept = "/";

$sHnd = @fsockopen ($this->host, $this->port, $errno, $errstr, $this->timeout);

//echo $this->host." ";
// echo $this->port." ";
// echo $errno." ";
// echo $errstr." ";
// echo $this->timeout." ";

if ($sHnd && !$errno)
{ //echo "BB".$sHnd;
fputs ($sHnd, $this->request);

   		// Get source
		while (!feof($sHnd))
		{
			$result .= fgets($sHnd,128);
		}

		// Strip header
		if ($this->strip_responseheader)
		{
			$result = $this->_stripResponseHeader($result);
		}

		// Strip tags
		if ($this->striptags)
		{
			$result = strip_tags($result);
		}
		// Show the source only
		if ($this->showsource && !$this->striptags)
		{
			$result = htmlentities($result);
			$result = nl2br($result);
		}
	} else {
		$result = null;
		//$result = "Unable to connect to ".$this->host." on port ".$this->port." ( ".$errstr.")";
	}

	$sHnd = null;

	return $result;

htyen1

$get

is a class that handles HTTP requests.

that is not the problem because I have been using this class for a while now and it works fine. also my error is able to connect so it didn't even reach the HTTP request part of the code.

i have included in attachment the class that I use

Hafkas

if you are setting the port using a class property do you still need to include the port number in the url?

htyen1

i tried both I get the same error either way.

can some one try to query the following URL

http://webapps.nyc.gov:8084/CICS/f704/f403001I?BBL=1-00016-4086

using fsockopen?

maybe nyc.gov block my ISP? i am not sure.

htyen1

now I keep getting the Connection timed out error (110)

I change the timeout parameter for fsockopen and I get same error message

jayant

$get->page = "/CICS/f704/f403001I?BBL=".$bbl;
$get->timeout = 30;

5 seconds timneout is too less i think, why assign it. let it be default, or have it atleast 30.