PHP cURL connection refused on localhost

Question

I'm trying to execute a cURL request in PHP to my localhost, but I get the following error:

cURL error (7): Failed to connect to localhost port 8000: Connection refused

I've tried to Google this message, and also found similar questions on StackOverflow, but nothing seems to be working.

curl.php:

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "localhost:8000/test.php");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4);
$response = curl_exec($ch);

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'cURL error (' . curl_errno($ch) . '): ' . curl_error($ch);
} else {
    echo $response;
}

curl_close($ch);

test.php:

echo json_encode(array(
    "message" => "Hello World!"
));

If I remove the "CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE" value, the request never resolves. I've also tried setting both "CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER" and "CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST" to false. Still not working.

But if I navigate to localhost:8000/test.php in my browser, I get the correct response. I can also use the "curl localhost:8000/test.php" command and receive the correct response

Thanks for the help!

if you are using linux, make sure the server is running using /etc/init.d/httpd status — Rahul Prajapati, Mar 03 '17 at 10:11
I'm using Windows and WAMP. But it shows all services are running. I've also tried restarting it. Same problem — , Mar 03 '17 at 10:19

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 14 '18 at 18:26

You are missing the http:// in the begining of the request like Rahul Prajapati wrote you in a comment

see this other post PHP + curl, HTTP POST sample code?

note this line uses curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"http://www.example.com/tester.phtml");

the thing is, if you put in your browser localhost:8000/test.php, the browser will put the protocol by default and it will appear that you are making the same call and getting diferents outputs

Hope this helps you

PHP cURL connection refused on localhost

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