Question

My PHP script uses http_post_fields() to make a post request to another server.
Here is an example of the code:

$g = http_post_fields("http://mysite.com", $some_array);

Though the script occasionally works, I often get this error:

 http_post_fields() [function.http-post-fields]: couldn't resolve host name; name lookup timed out 

I have now tried a variety of http addresses in the function, they all result in this error.
Does anyone know what the source of my trouble is?

Answer 1

Thanks for all the input Kasun. In the end, I got tired of this PECL library (where http_post_fields is defined) and I used cURL instead. The goal I’m reaching for here, is to request a security ticket from 1 server to another. Of course, the whole module works smoothly, now that I’m using cURL. Thanks again.