Warning: file_get_contents failed to open stream: Connection timed out in includes/simple_html_dom.php on line 75

Question

All of a sudden my cronjob has stopped working properly where it grabs content through file_get_contents and started giving the following warning and fatal error. Does anyone know why it is doing this?:

Warning: file_get_contents(http://seriesgate.me/search/indv_episodes/The+Social+Network): failed to open stream: Connection timed out in includes/simple_html_dom.php on line 75

Fatal error:  Call to a member function find() on a non-object in includes/seriesgate.class.php on line 25

Answer 1

Its working.

echo file_get_contents("http://seriesgate.me/search/indv_episodes/The+Social+Network");

It may be execution problem.

Try this

ini_set('max_execution_time', 300); //300 seconds = 5 minutes
echo file_get_contents("http://seriesgate.me/search/indv_episodes/The+Social+Network");

Answer 2

The Connection timed out error is a network problem for sure.

First, that's maybe your network connection problem take too long to get response from server. Please check your local/server/hosting internet connection; domain name, IP, port,... typo.

Secondly, that's maybe destination problem. For example, seriesgate.me is down for everyone, not only you. I know this question is 3 years old and the site is down. But this is best practice that you should check your destination when it's say something like Connection timed out.