fsockopen unable to connect

[tpog]

Hi, I've just signed up to the service and uploaded some code. Using fsockopen I'm getting the error:

 

Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to tls://smtp.gmail.com:465 (Connection timed out) in /home/tpog/public_html/functions/functions.php on line 81

no connection

 

Is fsockopen() supported? Do I need to set-up or activate anything? I've done a forum search and can't see anything about this.

 

Any help appreciated.

[Ashoat]

fsockopen() is indeed supported, and you don't need to do anything to activate it. Your error message indicates that fsockopen is working fine - the issue is that it cannot open a connection with the specified address because it encounters a timeout when it attempts.

[tpog]

Thanks for the update - I'll persevere with it then, thanks.

 

Update:

 

fsockopen didn't like connecting to "tls://smtp.gmail.com" or "ssl://smtp.gmail.com".

 

Have amended to connect to "smtp.gmail.com" and included a STARTTLS step in the handshake.