hey

[SFS]

I'm reposing this for a guy on another foums.

Well I am having some problems. I moved to a new server and they are running PHP5. I don't a single damn thing about PHP5 and I barely was able to stay afloat with PHP4. So I was wondering if anyone could help me with this: Quote:

$scfp = fsockopen("38.96.148.32", 9980, &$errno, &$errstr, 30); 
if(!$scfp) { 
$scsuccs=1; 
echo''.$scdef.' is Offline'; 
} 
if($scsuccs!=1){ 
fputs($scfp,"GET /admin.cgi?pass=$scpass&mode=viewxml HTTP/1.0\r\nUser-Agent: SHOUTcast Song Status (Mozilla Compatible)\r\n\r\n"); 
while(!feof($scfp)) { 
$p

So after the script runs this is what I get Quote:
Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to 38.96.148.32:9980 (Connection timed out) in stats.php on line 25



Any ideas? Anyone? Please?
Any help would, er.. help.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

Wow.

[TraderJake]

No Clue, this site runs on PHP 4, and it looks as though he is using a socket connection, which is something we do not use. The warning is saying that the function is timing out, which sounds like a connection error. I am sure you've seen Warnings on this site periodically when the site can't connect to the mySQL server. If it was a fatal error it wouldn't have done much of anything other than spit out a parse error.

Of course, PHP.net is down right now. Which makes this harder to research. I'll get back to you.
 

[Hydrobond]

My first thought is to make sure the server he is trying to connect to at 38.96.148.32 has port 9980 open.

Also, a simple google search shows the syntax as $fp = fsockopen("www.example.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);

notice there are no '&' in the arguments $errno and $errstr.  I don't know if that makes a difference, as I know absolutely nothing about Perl, but it would in C so I thought I would mention it. 

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

Just wow.

[Hydrobond]

Can you tell us what he is trying to do?

I'm kinda curious as to why he would be trying to establish a connection (socket) on that port if he is running a web server.

[bum-man]

My first thought is to make sure the server he is trying to connect to at 38.96.148.32 has port 9980 open.

Also, a simple google search shows the syntax as $fp = fsockopen("www.example.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);

notice there are no '&' in the arguments $errno and $errstr.  I don't know if that makes a difference, as I know absolutely nothing about Perl, but it would in C so I thought I would mention it. 

I think that PHP5 does not require the & to signify that the variable is being passed by reference (rather than by value), so the code should work the same either way.

[bum-man]

That PHP seemed to work OK for me on a host with PHP 5.1.2, well it tried to connect but got an unauthorized error because I just made up a password.  Based on his error and mine my guess is this is not an issue of PHP4 vs PHP5.  There is a possibility that the new host the guy is using doesn't support outbound socket connections.

FYI, For those wondering this script is used to connect to a internet radio station site (ShoutCast server) and get the recent play list.