What are causes of a connection-timeout with fopen()?

Posted on 16th Feb 2014 07:03 pm by admin

Hello! Here is the situation: The server I host my website on just upgraded it's PHP build from 4.4.* to 5.2.4. Not just PHP was upgraded, MySQL, postGres, and (I think) Apache were upgraded as well. Before the upgrade, my site worked perfectly.

But now, whenever I access my site, it takes a long time to complete a request and all that is returned is "Warning: fopen(<THE_URL>) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Connection timed out in..."

I know where the error is -- it's in my templating class. I check the remote server's configuration and the directive "allow_url_fopen is enabled and safe_mode is disabled.

The strange thing is that my script works on my local server perfectly which is using PHP build 5.2.5. I looked for any differences between my local-server's PHPINFO() and my remote-server's PHPINFO() and, while I didn't find anything eye-catching yet, I noticed that virtual-directory-support is disabled on my remote-server and it is enabled on my local-server. Would that be what's causing the problem? If not, what are some potential causes for fopen() to behave this way?

Your Answer:

Login to answer

Other forums

Help a newbee save my job !
Hey guys i am dying here i am new to php and would like for someone to help me with this problem

how to make database item unique
Hey guys,

is it possible to do this:

I have the database item $title being pulled for

HELP with mysql_real_escape_string
I'm looking to remove apostrophes completely when someone enters lyrics but don't have a clue how to

PHP doesn't send my mail
Hi all, I found this and used it to send mail. Simple contact form with some required fields. The va

close site for maintenance
i get a tutorial, saying the following code can put our site offline, and only the developer can vie

Automatic Webpage ??
I have a page www.mysite.com/test.php with a
<form>
<textarea name=&q

PDO returns erroneous columns from within pdt
Hi All,

This is a truly weird behavior:
When using a simple pdo fetch, erroneous columns a

Add a sign-up feature to a flat file login script
I'm working on a flat file login script and I would like to add a sign-up feature to it with a email

Session is not saving
I am not trying to do anything too fancy, I am just trying to get some $_SESSION data to save and us

SAP Management Console is blank
Dear All ,

I am facing problem in my des sever suddely in SAP Management Console is blank and