PHP function used to open (Internet or Unix domain) sockets connections.
Questions tagged [fsockopen]
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file_get_contents with https requests via proxy
How to do HTTPS requests via proxy server
The proxy server is tinyproxy on debian
code
$context = stream_context_create([
'http' => [
'proxy' => 'tcp://xx.xx.xx.xx:8888',
'request_fulluri' => true
]
]);
echo…

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Using fsockopen with UDP and proxy?
So I've been wondering (and testing), can I use fsockopen with proxy and UDP traffic?
Cause for example this:
$fp = fsockopen('udp://host.name.com', 512, $errno, $errstr);
if(!$fp){ die($errno . ' - ' . $errstr); }
works... but as soon as I add…

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using php Download File From a given URL by passing username and password for http authentication
I need to download a text file using php code. The file is having http authentication. What procedure I should use for this. Should I use fsocketopen or curl or Is there any other way to do this?
I am using fsocketopen but it does not seem to…

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File resource persistence in PHP
I'm developing a simple chat web application based on the MSN protocol. The server communicates with the MSN server through a file resource returned from fsockopen (). The client accesses the server via XMLHttpRequest. The server initially logs in,…

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Upload a file to Google Code Hosting with PHP and fsockopen()
Google Code Hosting has the ability to upload files to it remotely. I've been trying to program a script in PHP which uploads files to my account. Here's the script itself:

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PayPal IPN Updates to Accommodate HTTP1.1 - Connection reset by peer
We have been working to update our PayPal IPN scripts in accord with seom recent changes. Here is the instruction in part by PayPal ...
Your Action Required before February 1, 2013 You will need to update
your IPN and/or PDT scripts to use HTTP…

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fsockopen not working whit FastCGI (PHP)
I have a php question about fsockopen
Server:
VPS CentOS 6.3 (Final) PLESK 11
Problem:
If i use FastCGI the function fsockopen is not working.
I get: Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to xx.xx.xx.xx:80 (Permission denied)
If i edit the…

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fsockopen blocked on ports 25&587
I have a very simple snippet of code which connects to a SMTP server using fsockopen (or alternatively stream_socket-client) that looks like this:

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PHP function fsockopen never returning false
Could somebody help me with the php function fsockopen?
if I call the function like this :
$fp = fsockopen('xywqnda.com', 80, $errno, $errstr, 10);
With an unavailable host domain, it will never return false and I don't understand why!
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PHP fetch page's content with remote call
Ok, so what I am looking for is somewhat similar like the code below which is very dummy and not working for some reason which I totally don't care about now (please read the question under the code!!):
$url = urldecode($_GET["link"]);
$port =…

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Is fsockopen generally slow?
I am trying to perform a downstream bandwidth speed test in PHP. I dunno why wget would download 1 Mbyte data in 400 Mbps while fsockopen does it in 170 Mbps. I am using fsockopen since it is supported on all servers.
Does any one know why? 400 Mbps…

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fsockopen does not always perform the mysql queries when page is refreshed
Server A uses fsockopen, fwrite, and fgets to collect information from remote server B. Remote server B creates mysql queries and provides this info. When server A first loads, all the information (from remote server B) appears on server A - meaning…

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fsockopen inside php to a remote server, what IP will the remote server get?
Background :
My apache webserver runs on two virtual host with two different IP address. I have whitelisted both of these IPs to the remote SMPP server/system. I would be communicating to the remote server from a single machine which has these two…

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fsockopen demo at localhost
Can anybody help me to sort out fsockopen issue in localhost.
I created fsock.php to post a variable to test121.php in the same folder.
http://localhost/ftp/fsock.php
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fsockopen have errors : HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently and 404
I have used this code to open whatismyipaddress.com
$fp = fsockopen("whatismyipaddress.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 5);
if ($fp) {
$url = "/";
fputs($fp, "GET $url HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: {whatismyipaddress.com}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n");
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