Getimagesize() filename URL

PHP
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There is this werid thing that seems to be going wrong with the getimagesize() function.
According to the documentation, the getimagesize() function suppose to work even with a remote image file. So say if I use it this way, getimagesize(“http://www.somewebsite.com/image.jpg”); it would still work.

It was working some months ago on one of my scripts until recently when I try to run the script again, it doesn’t work anymore. What’s more is the URL of the image that I put in the getimagesize() function is an image in the same sandbox as the script. I have something like getimagesize(“http://localhost/testsite/images/testimage.jpg”);

I have no idea why it doesn’t work and it throws an error on the page after getting the execution timeout.

Warning: getimagesize(http://localhost/testsite/images/testimage.jpg) [function.getimagesize]: failed to open stream: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. in C:\wamp\htdocs\ estsite\showimage.php on line 127

It however works when I have the argument as a relative path this way: getimagesize(“images/testimage.jpg”);

Does anyone has any idea why it didn’t work, even when the URL of the image is actually linking back to an image on the same sandbox?

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Hi,

Does this happen only with getimagesize or also with fopen? Have you tried with 127.0.0.1 instead? Give us more information, please. :slight_smile:

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Thanks ludesign.bg.
I have just tried 127.0.0.1 instead and it seemed to work.
But why doesn’t the localhost address work when the IP of 127.0.0.1 is also localhost?

I have also tried the fopen with localhost address and I get similar error of failed to open stream. I just realise that the fopen is also having the same problem after you suggested me to try that.

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I made another discovery. The localhost address doesn’t even work when I load PHP vars in Flash. But it works with that 127.0.0.1 IP.

So the localhost address only works for showing the page on the browser. What is wrong with this?