Question

I have following code:

$fh=fopen($api,"r");
$theData = fgets($fh);
echo $theData;

This throws the error as :

Warning: fopen(http://xxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.com:8080) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Connection refused in /home/xxxx/public_html/xxxx/index.php on line 18

Warning: fgets(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/xxxx/public_html/xxxx/index.php on line 19

What is the solution for this?

Answer 1

Your file did not open as you intended. Check the value of $api and be sure the file name is in the current working directory, or the entire path to the file.

Since it is a remote system on :8080, be sure the port is open to the public. This is typically a value reserved for localhost (ie: the webserver is only a webserver to that computer, no one else’s) and wouldn’t be accessible to you. If the url you are opening is the same computer you are using, navigate to the file using local folders instead.