And FYI; the test-script i'm using is <?php session_write_close(); $ch = curl_init(); #set URL and other appropriate options curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://82.170.249.144/mediaBeez/sn.php"); //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.google.de/"); //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, ); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PORT, 81); #grab URL and pass it to the browser curl_exec($ch); $error = curl_error($ch); #close cURL resource, and free up system resources curl_close($ch); echo $error; //phpinfo(); ?> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Rene Veerman <rene7705@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > OOPS :) > > As a second test, i changed the test-url to > > http://82.170.249.144:81/mediaBeez/sn.php<http://82.170.249.144/mediaBeez/sn.php> > > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Rene Veerman <rene7705@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've been stuck on this problem i'm having after i re-installed my linux >> (debian) machine last month.. >> >> I'm building a CMS with video import capabilities, but since it runs on >> shared hosting i need to make a cURL POST call to a URL on my home machine, >> which does video-conversion. >> >> This curl call has stopped working, curl_error() claiming "couldn't >> connect to host". >> >> As a test, i'm simply calling up a url on my homeserver through curl.. The >> url is http://82.170.249.144/mediaBeez/sn.php >> The curl script is at http://veerman.ws/servagetest.php >> >> Any light you can shed on this is very greatly appreciated. >> I'm kinda stuck at a huge brick wall here.. >> > >