---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 16:09:39 -0700 >From: "Karsten McMinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: php5-curl error: couldn't resolve host >To: misc@openbsd.org > >On 5/18/06, Jacob Yocom-Piatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> i'm trying to get the php5-curl-5.0.4p0 module working with some php code >> that's >> running on a 3.8-release machine. this code makes XML requests to UPS to >> get >> shipping costs and times. when the php attempts to use curl to contact the >> UPS >> web address https://wwwcie.ups.com:443/ups.app/xml/Rate , it craps out and >> gives >> an error: > > >search. read. > >http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq10.html#httpdchroot > >http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.gethostbyname.php >
thanks to all who gave me the resolv.conf suggestion both on and off list. i should've figured that out since i did see the failure had to do with gethostbyname(), <doh!>. all is working now, and if this goes well it will mean i can donate some $$ to the project.