file_get_content failed to open stream: Connection refused

Question

I am trying to access a second server with file_get_content and simple_load_xml and I get failed to open stream: Connection refused
What can be the result?

allow_url_fopen=Yes
allow_url_include=Off

is my php.ini values

Answer 1

I believe this is because you need a resource - fopen(), instead of a string - file_get_contents()

Answer 2

Your connection to the resource is being rejected. Ensure that you can access the resource from the server (Using Lynx for instance).

Answer 3

Sounds like the 2nd server is rejecting the file, try using curl to obtain the file instead; the benefit of using curl is that it'll give you helpful debugging information in the event of a failure like this. get_file_content() masks a lot of this helpful information.