Could not resolve host

I have spent a few hours implementing this class as it's something I really need. I got it working on my dev platform on my laptop but when I pushed it up to my production platform (Google Apps Engine) it no longer works because the http class can't resolve hostnames.

This is not a problem with the platform. I copied the test_http_image_request.php (with a new url) and it fails on GAE, yet if i use this:

<?php
$url="http://files.phpclasses.org/graphics/phpclasses/logo-phpclasses.png";
$c = file_get_contents($url);
echo "<p>Got ".strlen($c)." bytes from $url</p>";
?>

which is essentially what I'm testing with the http class, I get the 8440 bytes both on my dev platform and production.

Any help very much appreciated.

Yes, Google App Engine does not support socket connections, as explained by this article. The solution would be to work with a different HTTP client that works with file functions. This will take time but can be done.

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