PHP error: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: (while getting information from other site.)

Question

Trying to get information from an external source, I\'m receiving the following error:

Warning: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo

Answer 1

If you can discount transient outages on the remote server you are trying to connect to, then that just leaves the local network config as a problem.

Using the IP address instead of the hostname is only going to work for the default domain on the remote host.

What happens when you try using www.google.com (or its IP address)? If you stil can't connect, then its something to do with the network between your server and the outside world.