fopen is not working on my server

Question

It works perfectly on localhost with Xampp, but when I try it on my server (host-ed.net), fopen can't open any url, it only works for files without http.

<?php
$file="http://www.google.es";
$gestor = fopen($file, "r") or die ("Nothing");
?>

In my server with this code shows Nothing. Can be anything on the php.ini ?

EDIT: In the php.ini: allow_url_fopen = On

EDIT: It's solved. My server had it disabled, but now it's enabled. Thanks for the answers.

Answer 1

Do you have a free hosting account? Most hosting services limit outgoing connection for free accounts to prevent abuse. Try this:

$fp = fsockopen("some.alive.site", 80, $errno, $errstr, 30);
if (!$fp) {
    echo "$errstr ($errno)<br />\n";
} else {
    echo "Everything is OK";
    fclose($fp);
}

If you'll see an error message - you are not allowed to make outgoing connections.

Answer 2

fopen can't open any url

Check the value of the allow_url_fopen php.ini setting:

var_dump(ini_get('allow_url_fopen'));

It's probably false. You'll need to speak to your web host, or try another method. Mabye CURL is enabled?

You should also check your error_reporting and display_errors values. PHP should have complained loudly about being unable to open the URL. You'll want to turn both of them all the way up while developing code, so you can understand what goes wrong easier.

Answer 3

Search for allow-url-fopen in your PHP.ini.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/filesystem.configuration.php#ini.allow-url-fopen