Posted by Andy Hassall on 12/04/80 11:54

On 1 Aug 2006 12:39:28 -0700, "Syl" <david.hunter@gmail.com> wrote:

>Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: php_network_getaddresses:
>getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known in
>/data/web/public/alert.scc.ca/anne/regwatch_links.php on line 53
>
>Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to
>laws.justice.gc.ca/en/A-2/SOR-96-433/index.html:80 (Unknown error) in
>/data/web/public/alert.scc.ca/anne/regwatch_links.php on line 53
>
>laws.justice.gc.ca/en/A-2/SOR-96-433/index.html is invalid.
>
>Which is not true - since this *is* a valid URL.

A URL is not a valid host, so it makes no sense to pass it to fsockopen.

If you want to check an HTTP URL, use an HTTP client - for example cURL, or
the fopen_wrappers feature of PHP.

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