Hello, >I am also creating the same thing... >I use socket_create(), and it works fine. Who is the registrar? Well I try querying denic which is the german registry. I finally got it to work, but it seems it is a name<->ip resolving issue. Instead of using the whois.denic.de as a name, I used the corresponding IP address. And now it works. What I really don't now, is why name resolution works when I use the command line or the browser... ??? One error reported was (in combination with leaving out the "@" in front of the fsockopen() function): Warning: fsockopen(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Temporary failure in name resolution in /path/php/class/Request.php on line 22 ... Adding "@" in front of fsockopen and using Address instead of domainname solves the problem (superficially)... Thx for your help BB -- Telefonieren Sie schon oder sparen Sie noch? NEU: GMX Phone_Flat http://www.gmx.net/de/go/telefonie -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php