Yes, the script on the box can run and hit google. I did with telent and it connected successfully and type a make-up word 'get' follow by the enter key and got a response below...
--snip-- <html><head><title>400 Bad Request</title><style><!--body {font-family: arial,sans-serif}div.nav {margin-top: 1ex}div.nav A {font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif}span.nav {font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold}div.nav A,span.big {font-size: 12pt; color: #0000cc}div.nav A {font-size: 10pt; color: black}A.l:link {color: #6f6f6f}A.u:link {color: green}//--></style></head><body text=#000000 bgcolor=#ffffff><table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td rowspan=3 width=1% nowrap><b><font face=times color=#0039b6 size=10>G</font><font face=times color=#c41200 size=10>o</font><font face=times color=#f3c518 size=10>o</font><font face=times color=#0039b6 size=10>g</font><font face=times color=#30a72f size=10>l</font><font face=times color=#c41200 size=10>e</font> </b><td> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=#3366cc><font face=arial,sans-serif color=#ffffff><b>Error</b></td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr></table><blockqu ote><H1>Bad Request</H1>Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request.<p></blockquote><table width=100% cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=#3366cc><img alt="" width=1 height=4></td></tr></table></body></html>Connection closed. --snip-- "John Nichel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Scott Fletcher wrote: > > > This is what I get... > > > > --snip-- > > 1 > > Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: php_hostconnect: connect failed > > in /home/website/emarket/www/zz_test.php on line 4 > > > > Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to > > www.google.com:80 in /home/website/emarket/www/zz_test.php on line 4 > > [13] [Permission denied] > > --snip-- > > Can the box where the script lives and runs hit google? > > -- > By-Tor.com > It's all about the Rush > http://www.by-tor.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php