[SOLVED] any ideas why file() function isn't working?

[micah1701]

I have allow_url_fopen turned on yet:

 

<?php
if(!file("http://www.google.com") ){
echo "boo hiss, this doesn't work";
}
?>

 

using file() is returning false.

for that matter, so is fopen() and file_get_contents()

 

is there some other setting I'm missing other then "allow_url_fopen" that might be blocking my XSS?

[TeNDoLLA]

How about

<?php
if(!file("http://www.google.com/") ){
echo "boo hiss, this doesn't work";
}

[micah1701]

no such luck.

 

the script works when run of another host so I'm thinking it might not be the code but the configuration settings?  or not?

[TeNDoLLA]

Maybe check if theres any hints in php's error log or web servers error log?

[micah1701]

good thinking... I'm getting two warnings:

 

Warning: file() [function.file]: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Temporary failure in name resolution in /path/to/my/file.php line #

 

and

 

Warning: file(http://www.google.com/) [function.file]: failed to open stream: Resource temporarily unavailable in /path/to/my/file.php line #

 

guess I'll go google those; maybe someone here can respond back in the meantime with a good interpretation.

[micah1701]

hmm, this is starting to look more like a server configuration issue. 

 

getting help from my web host is like pulling teeth :'(

 

Thanks for the help anyway.

[premiso]

If you are on shared hosting, most of the time they disable the retrieval of files through fopen items, such as file.

 

You can try using curl to retrieve the contents and see if that will work, that is if your host has curl installed.