php - file_get_contents - Connection timed out

Question

<?php
$a = file_get_contents('http://www.google.com');
echo $

Why is the browser returning this error?

Warning: file_get_contents(http://www.google.com) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: Connection timed out in /home/test.php on line 2

Answer 1

Mostly probably your server cannot connect to an external resource, for example, because of firewall restrictions.