trouble with PHP on a Linux box

[unmadindu]

Hello,
For some reasons, the PHP scripts which we have at www.bengalinux.org (hosted at sourceforge.net) have started acting crazily.

Here's a sample trouble :

We are trying to open a page with fopen() at http://mandrakesoft.com. When a browser accesses that particular PHP file - it says

Warning: php_hostconnect: connect failed in
/home/groups/b/be/bengalinux/htdocs/projects/mandrake/mdk_bn_status.php on
line 15

Warning: fopen("http://mandrakelinux.com/l10n/bn.php3", "r") - Bad file
descriptor in
/home/groups/b/be/bengalinux/htdocs/projects/mandrake/mdk_bn_status.php on
line 15
Can;t Open the target http://mandrakelinux.com/l10n/bn.php3 page!

But when we run it from the command line with php mdk_bn_status.php - it works fine.

Moreover, there is another very simple PHP/MySQL based thingy we have there - and it is also acting crazy (sometimes, the MySQL queries are not returning anything when accessed through a browser, and sometimes, it is complaining about missing 'DB.php', (I am using PEAR), though I know that it is there).

All the scripts are running fine in my box (of course, I am running newer versions of PHP/MySQL - but I don't think that should matter, as I am using very basic PHP functions)
Can anyone tell what the problems is??

[daveyboy]

could be that the webserver can't read your pear files. check the permissions.

[unmadindu]

Well, I have used PEAR before on that thingy - and it works.