Random php5-curl problem

Gary

I'm sure someone here can point me in the right direction. I'm having a little trouble with php5-curl. socks5 proxies don't seem to work.

The socks5 proxies I'm trying work find on the command line with curl actual. When using them inside php, no dice.

The following works:

<?php //$proxy = 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxxx'; $url = 'http://automation.whatismyip.com/n09230945.asp'; $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); //curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PROXY, $proxy); //curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5); echo curl_exec($curl); curl_close($curl); ?>

With the commented lines uncommented, nothing. It just hangs until it eventually times out.

`php prox.php

• About to connect() to proxy xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx port xxxxx (#0)
• Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx... * connected
  `

Like I say, the proxy works A-OK with command line curl.

What could be wrong? Anyone experienced it before?

Asim

Seems an issue with socks 5, your code is working fine

quirkyquark

php5-curl (well, libcurl) and cli curl versions match?

yomero

I am trying with a SSH tunnel. Is working o_O

Gary

curl --version curl 7.21.0 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.21.0

and from phpinfo:

curl

cURL support enabled
cURL Information 7.21.0

Buggered if I know what the problem is.

FRCorey

Are you trying to write a script for dynamic dns?

Gary

Nope.

1q1

It seems that this is a name resolving issue. I think you should use local name server. Go install pdnsd and change your nameserver to 127.0.0.1

Gary

Oh, thanks. I'll give that a go. Fingers crossed!

1q1

How was it?

Asad

@Gary said: //$proxy = 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxxx';

Is port xxxxx unblocked on the servers firewall for outgoing tcp connections?

Gary

@1q1 - haven't had a chance to check, I'm busy on other projects right now.

@ Asad - it works from the command line.