problem with the script

Hi,

I'm using the script for a while but after moving it to another server it doesn't work anymore...
When I check it says it's registered and if I select 'show all info i got following message'

[Querying whois.dns.be][whois.dns.be: Temporary failure in name resolution][Unable to connect to remote host]

I'm running it on a Linux server (php5), I've filled in linux in the class, if I change it...it doesn't work...

It's not a DNS problem on the server because I can do a nslookup on the server...

Do you have any suggestions?

Hi,

I'm using the script for a while but after moving it to another server it doesn't work anymore...
When I check it says it's registered and if I select 'show all info i got following message'

[Querying whois.dns.be][whois.dns.be: Temporary failure in name resolution][Unable to connect to remote host]

I'm running it on a Linux server (php5), I've filled in linux in the class, if I change it...it doesn't work...

It's not a DNS problem on the server because I can do a nslookup on the server...

Do you have any suggestions?

do you tried the "win" option (is using fsockopen in place of the command line)

yes i tried it...but that doesn't work

try a simple fsockopen command from the php manual and tell me if this is working...

a simple psockopen didn't work so it's a problem with my server...but i don't know what to do to fix it :p wish me good luck lol

a simple psockopen didn't work so it's a problem with my server...but i don't know what to do to fix it :p wish me good luck lol

Check if you can use cURL

I just tried "curl http://somedomain.com" from the command line and i got the HTML code from that page so I guess it's working

I just tried "curl http://somedomain.com" from the command line and i got the HTML code from that page so I guess it's working

hehe, curl is a complete Library, check if your server supports curl (via phpinfo())

It is supported: http://www.tomvandenberg.be/phpinfo.php

nothing wrong with this server:

try this code an tell me what you get:

Code:

<?php

// Use this simple function to get the "free" information (like "Not found")
// from a whois server. Read the (whois server) manual to learn which additional
// paramaters are used.

function get_whois_data($test_server, $test_domain) {
$msg = "";
$connection = fsockopen($test_server, 43, $errno, $errstr, 10);
if (!$connection) {
$msg = "Can't connect to the server!";
} else {
sleep(2);
fputs($connection, $test_domain."\r\n"); 
while (!feof($connection)) {
$msg[] = fgets($connection, 4096);
}
fclose($connection);
}
return $msg;
}
print_r(get_whois_data("whois.nic.uk", "finalwebsites.co.uk")); // test an existing domain
echo "<hr>";
//echo get_whois_data("whois.denic.de", "-T dn finalwebsites.de"); // test a non existing domain
?>

Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to whois.nic.uk:43 (Permission denied) in /var/www/vhosts/tomvandenberg.be/httpdocs/phpinfo.php on line 16
Can't connect to the server!

It has to be a problem with my webserver configuration...I have another server at the same location, using the same firewall,... (but a windows server) and there it's working...

http://www.heremanskeukens.be/test.php -> working
http://www.tomvandenberg.be/phpinfo.php -> not working

you have to choices use a regular server

or you have to wait until I have the time to write a cURL version for this class (need to work for customers first)

It's a problem with the security...i never worked with fedora before and while installing the server i've installed 'selinux'...it's providing better security??? maybe my problem is that selinux is blocking the connection...if that doesn't fix my problem...i'm going to use the other server

I will keep you informed

I fixed it

If you google on "fsockopen and selinux" you'll see that it's a known problem...

When using Red Hat Fedora, beware of Security Enhanced Linux, SELinux.

Quoted from Red Hat: "The security goal is to make sure that Apache HTTP is only reading the static Web content, and not doing anything else such as writing to the content, connecting to database sockets, reading user home directories, etc."

I fixed it by doing following:

[root@cypres init.d]# setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1
[root@cypres init.d]# ./httpd restart

cypres,

I'm a web developer not server admin

hehe i know but maybe other users could have the same problem so I just want to tell how I solved it...but i want to thank your your time (and the good script).

hehe i know but maybe other users could have the same problem so I just want to tell how I solved it...but i want to thank your your time (and the good script).

right thanks for sharing the linux related information...

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