[Solved] Is Curl Disabled?

[techmex]

I am trying to use cURL but am just getting 500 errors

 

Has cURL been disabled?

 

Here is the code I am using:

 

$ch = curl_init();
       curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://gaia.glyndwr.ac.uk:8015/courses_alpha.htm');
       curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
       $site = curl_exec($ch);
       curl_close($ch);

[wolstech]

cURL is allowed, but I believe connections on port 8015 are not. We generally only allow "normal" ports. Try doing a cURL for something normal like Google.com and see if it works. It probably will...

 

Another cause may be the server being overloaded. It's normal for Johnny. On Stevie you probably hit the process limit due to having too many things open at once (cPanel is usually a killer on Stevie accounts, so log out, wait a few minutes and try again). Be aware that on Stevie, cURL is an easy way to get suspended for load too.

[techmex]

Ahh that's my issue then port 8015, will have to find a host that allows it

 

Thanks

[wolstech]

Just be aware you likely won't find a free one that does. I've used most free host services (mostly testing), and they all either said "nope" or "pay us" when I asked their support about port issues.

 

If you want, I can ask krydos about unblocking this, but no guarantee on what he'll say.

[techmex]

It's only for a small uni project, it grabs timetables from their site so it isn't particularly intensive

 

I've rewritten the part that grabs the timetables and it stores them in a database, but it would be nice if I could use live timetables

[wolstech]

I'll escalate this for you and we'll see what Krydos says.

 

@Krydos: Anything we can do about supporting the live timetables for him? He needs port 8015 open outbound so his script can connect to his university to get what appears to be schedule data.

[Krydos]

Why can't you use a normal http port like 80?

[techmex]

The site uses 8015 unfortunately:

 

http://gaia.glyndwr.ac.uk:8015/courses_alpha.htm

 

I can't ask them to change it as its a university website

[Krydos]

Please post the following information:

• Your cPanel username
  
• Your main domain
  
• The server that you are on
  

[techmex]

techmex

techmex.heliohost.org

johnny

[Krydos]

Does your curl script work now?

[techmex]

Thank you so much, that's perfect!

 

It will receive virtually no requests as it's just a proof of concept for uni, but it's working like a charm

 

It's a SatNav for a local map with multiple floors incase you would like to take a look (doubt it very much but hey!)

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