file_get_contents($url): failed to open stream error while trying to access a url directly

Question

In my laravel app I installed stevebauman/location": "1.3.*

It works just fine in my local server. After I uploaded it to the remote server, this line

$contents = json_decode(file_get_contents($this->url.$ip), true);

in the file

F:\xampp\htdocs\news5.2.23\vendor\stevebauman\location\src\Drivers\FreeGeoIp.php

is throwing the error I mentioned.

I searched a lot and tried the following:

I echoed the $url and then copied and directly put in browser, it's all right.
allow_ini_set("allow_url_include", "on");ini_set("allow_url_fopen", "on"); wrote it in index.php

used curl .I will provide the FreeGeoIp Class whereI used curl for testing

<?php
    namespace Stevebauman\Location\Drivers;

    use Stevebauman\Location\Objects\Location;
    use Stevebauman\Location\Location as LocationInstance;

    class FreeGeoIp implements DriverInterface
    {
        /**
         * Holds the current Location class instance.
         *
         * @var LocationInstance
        */
        private $instance;

        /**
         * Holds the configuration instance.
         *
         * @var \Illuminate\Config\Repository
        */
        private $config;

        /*
         * Holds the drivers URL
         */
        private $url;

        /**
         * Constructor.
         *
         * @param LocationInstance $instance
        */
        public function __construct(LocationInstance $instance)
        {
            $this->instance = $instance;

            $this->config = $this->instance->getConfig();

            $this->url = $this->config->get('location.drivers.FreeGeoIp.url');
        }

        /**
         * Retrieves the location from the driver FreeGeoIp and returns a    location object.
         *
         * @param string $ip
         *
         * @return Location
        */
         public function get($ip){

             $location = new Location();
             $file = $this->file_get_contents_curl(urlencode($this->url.$ip));
             die();       

            return $location;
        }

        public function file_get_contents_curl($url) {

            $ch = curl_init($url);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
            var_dump($ch);
            $data = curl_exec($ch);
            if($errno = curl_errno($ch)) {
                $error_message = curl_strerror($errno);
                echo "cURL error ({$errno}):\n {$error_message}.</br>";
            }
            curl_close($ch);
            return $data;
        }
    }

Then I found this error

cURL error (6): Couldn't resolve host name.

Finally I got somewhere that maybe the server my site is in has a firewall which is blocking outsourced url call. I dont know why that would be!

Interestingly when I tried return redirect('http://freegeoip.lwan.ws/json/visitor_ip') - this line in a function of one of my Controllers, it worked!

So I have to discard the firewall issue also right?

But when I use file_get_contents('http://freegeoip.lwan.ws/json/visitor_ip') in the same function, it doesn't work again.

People seem to be answering my question without reading it at all. Giving me answers which I already tried and mentioned.Please read.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 01 '16 at 12:43

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enable allow_url_fopen from your php.ini file

answered May 01 '16 at 12:43

ssi-anik

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It's in my clients shared hosting. How can I change php.ini there? – Israt Amin Disha May 01 '16 at 13:45
ask your service provider. – ssi-anik May 01 '16 at 13:47
they wont let me change it..what is the other way.. besides, I set it in my application. – Israt Amin Disha May 01 '16 at 13:50
I edited my question, i already tried that page you suggested. – Israt Amin Disha May 01 '16 at 16:12
dd() the URL in your method "file_get_contents_curl", copy the URL, paste it into the browser, does it work? – ssi-anik May 01 '16 at 21:07
another solution is: http://paste.ubuntu.com/16182408/ ..... Copied from postman's generated code. – ssi-anik May 01 '16 at 21:15

file_get_contents($url): failed to open stream error while trying to access a url directly

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