[Resolved] fsockopen not working

[hermzz]

i have the following code:

$server = "http://www.bitacoras.net";
$port = 80;
$timeout = 15;
$fp=fsockopen($server, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);

and for some reason i get this error:
Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known in /var/www/html/test.php on line 7

I've tried searching for it in php.net but i haven't found any mention.

[ErikArmbrust]

The only thing that I could think of would be that since you have the hostname as a domain name, php tries to resolve the address to an ip, and for some reason your getaddr function in your php version is not working correctly. To test it, try to use just an ip as the hostname, still with [url]http://.[/url]

[ErikArmbrust]

In addition, try to test a different server entirely. If that site is hosted on your local machine, sometimes accessing the host with your external ip/address does not connect, so try it with 127.0.0.1 or localhost. That could be the problem.

[hermzz]

The file itself is on my computer which is configured as a webserver, but I don't know the ip of the place i?m trying to contact.

[hermzz]

Forget it, I made it work.

Just eliminated the http://www part from the server address

Thanks for your help