file_get_contents(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known

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user3007493 picture user3007493 · Nov 19, 2013 · Viewed 77.6k times · Source

I'm trying to download an image from a server using a PHP script on my website on xampp server.

The image is being downloaded using the function file_get_contents.

The php code for downloading on the server is:

if(isset($_GET['path']) && isset($_GET['username'])) {
    echo "path:".$_GET['path'];
    $temp = explode(".", $_GET['path']);
    $extension = end($temp);
    $fname="images/".$_GET['title'];
    $filenameIn  = $_GET['path'];
    $filenameOut = "" . $fname;
    $contentOrFalseOnFailure   = file_get_contents($filenameIn);
    $byteCountOrFalseOnFailure = file_put_contents($filenameOut,$contentOrFalseOnFailure);
}

But I'm getting this error:

Warning: file_get_contents(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known in /opt/lampp/htdocs/xampp/project/upload_art.php on line 19

Warning: file_get_contents(http://app6.pixlr.com/_temp/528afa6e2f7cc6a5b1000101.jpg): failed to open stream: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known in /opt/lampp/htdocs/xampp/project/upload_art.php on line 19

I have checked out all posted answers here but none seems to resolve the issue. Please help!

Answer

Siraj Khan picture Siraj Khan · Nov 19, 2013

It means your server cannot connect to the outside world

This probably won't change anything given the DNS issues

So, If you have permission, try changing the name servers in your /etc/resolv.conf file to other nameservers.

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