[RESOLVED] Very strange problem with fopen

jackiw

I'm having this very strange problem with the behavior of fopen. When I run the script below on my local machine using EasyPHP, it works fine, but when I put it online on a Linux server (php enabled), it doesn't work. Any ideas?

$site = "http://www.zyzyzyzy.com";
if (!@fopen($site, "r")) exit("Site Not Found.");

hitman6003

Try removing the @ and post the error that you are getting.

jackiw

that's the thing, it doesn't even give me any errors like it does on my local machine:

Warning: fopen(): php_network_getaddresses: gethostbyname failed
Warning: fopen([url]http://www.zyzyzyzy.com):[/url] failed to open stream

laserlight

What do you mean by "it doesn't work"?
The script doesnt run at all, or you get a "Site Not Found." message?

Chances are your server doesnt support the url_fopen wrapper.

jackiw

Well, I don't think the curl module is installed on the server.

jackiw

Or how do I enable Fopen wrapper?

cyberlew15

One way of changing this is by using .htaccess although I'm not sure if it works for this directive or if it will work / get you banned from your server. Some server admins are so picky they don't like you changing anything

jackiw

I have a dedicated server so that's not a problem. Could you tell me how to do it or where I can get more info on it? Thanks

laserlight

Wait, if it is a dedicated server then you might as well change the setting in php.ini
Find allow_url_fopen in php.ini, change it to On, save and restart the webserver.

jackiw

This is so weird, I was playing with php.ini last night and it didn't have the line allow_url_fopen, so I included on the file as allow_url_fopen=on, restarted the server and script still not working.

laserlight

Run phpinfo() to check
a) that your php.ini file is actually being used, and
b) that allow_url_fopen is on.

jackiw

it is being used and the allow_url_fopen is on as you can see on http://thefilmmakingcompany.org/02.php

jackiw

Any other thoughts?

jackiw

Thanks a lot for the help. I was able to work around this error.

cyberlew15

Step 1 Go to Apache dot org and read about .htaccess files
Step 2 Go to php dot net and read about php_value in htaccess files
Step 3 create a .htaccess file with the text php_value allow url fopen 1
Step 4 Have a nice Day :rolleyes:

toplay

cyberlew15, why do you keep posting to old posts, especially if they've already been marked as resolved? I think it's really annoying.

cyberlew15

you mean like this :p kool how did you get to be a senior member with only 285 posts when you waste posts bringing out the troll in me :evilgrin: