simple xml not working on live server

Question

I have script which calls zoho api, Its working fine on localhost but when i upload the script to server it doesnt works, errror says

Severity: Warning
Message: simplexml_load_file(https://crm.zoho.com/crm/private/xml/Leads/getMyRecords?newFormat=1&apikey={removed}&ticket={removed}): failed to open stream: Connection refused
Filename: models/xml_model.php
Line Number: 25

I checked php.ini settings to check if simple xml is enables, i can see its enabled. I also can see "allow_url_fopen" for both local and master is set to "ON"

Is there anything i must check ??

Answer 1

Have a look to the output of:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

What does it show in "Registered PHP Streams"? Do you see "https" on that line?

If not, just add:

extension=php_openssl.dll

to your php.ini file and restart the web server. It will load OpenSSL extension.