What are the causes of a fsockopen() error?

Question

I have two scripts that are identical but one works on my home testing server and when uploaded to my hosting provider it times out.

homedns.org/hmm/example.php (is working on my home server)

x.x.x.x/~cvxadmin/pvpgnserverscript/example.php

I'm stumped, what can I do to fix this?

Answer 1

There could be multiple possiblilities. There could be a firewall setup blocking external connections (or blocking specific ports).

Alternatively there could be something within the php configuration that has disabled the socket functionality.

Make sure you have php errors explicitily displayed on your site5 account as they might reveal why you're not able o use this function.