file_get_contents error

acecombat

I'm trying to use a simple script to automate downloading of files on a regular basis to a local drive, and am getting this error "Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: No such host is known. in Q:\Webserver\htdocs\testscript.php on line 2
Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.abc.net.au/news/indexes/justin/rss.xml) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: Unknown error in Q:\Webserver\htdocs\testscript.php on line 2"
It doesn't matter what I am trying to download (I used an RSS file in the above attempt as I can access the file fine) it produces the same error. I am trying to access this from work using a transparent authentication proxy, but I don't think the problem is with that as the error doesnt mention a proxy, rather it cannot find the address. The webserver is Abyss Web Server running on WinXP pro.
This is the script I was using:
<?php
$remoteFileContents=file_get_contents("http://www.abc.net.au/news/indexes/justin/rss.xml");
$localFilePath="l:";
$localFileName="rss.xml";
$newFileHandle = fopen($localFilePath."/".$localFileName, "w");
fwrite($newFileHandle, $remoteFileContents);
fclose($newFileHandle);
?>

bradgrafelman

acecombat wrote:
a transparent authentication proxy, but I don't think the problem is with that as the error doesnt mention a proxy, rather it cannot find the address

Are you sure? It's not that it can't find and address, it's that it can't resolve an address (or host, rather).

Have you tried pinging (e.g. from a DOS prompt) www.abc.net.au from the computer PHP is running on? There is something that's preventing PHP from resolving www.abc.net.au to an IP address (namely 80.12.96.57 at present). You might try a TCP monitoring program such as Wireshark to monitor the TCP connections made by PHP and get an idea of what's happening.