maybe this is related: from http://de3.php.net/manual/en/function.gethostbyname.php (user comments) >>> christian at SPAM at IS at DEAD at MEAT at karg dot org 01-Apr-2003 02:12 I had difficulty getting gethostbyname to work under OpenBSD 3.2 and Apache, until I discovered that the default Apache chroot caused the problem. To get PHP's gethostbyname to work, you need resolv.conf (and possibly hosts) in /var/www/etc (assuming default install dirs). <<< -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/gethostbyname-failing--tf2604272.html#a7268131 Sent from the PHP - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php