file_get_contents() Connection timed out problem.

Question

i use file_get_contents() to get dinamic data. here is my script...

$str = file_get_contents("http://cba.am/");
some script here...

it works fine for a long time, but now it returns Connection timed out.

and what is strange, when i run the script from local server, it works fine.

could you tell me why, and what can i do, to solve this. maybe i must set the higher timeout time in php.ini?

Thanks

Answer 1

The timeout for file_get_contents can be controlled with the following setting:

ini_set('default_socket_timeout', 60);

Answer 2

Their server is simply not configured to respond without the www. It only responds to requests for www.cba.am, thus the timeout.