godaddy breaks RSS function

[Atropos4]

Godaddy migrated my site to a new server,
and now when I go to the RSS Feed Manager
in my admin panel I get this error.
Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to networks.org:80 in /includes/class_rss_poster.php on line 78

Warning: Unable to fetch RSS Feed in /includes/class_rss_poster.php on line 205


I also use magpieRSS w/feed2js to display feeds on html pages.
that too is broke!

After several emails to their support
(them saying they have nothing to do with the problem, me saying it worked fine for the last 9 months, until you moved me)

Godaddy support finally admited they
will not allow outbound connections on port 80
and
you will need to correct your code to use the appropriate information

They gave me this
For both fsockopen and curl in our linux based shared hosting you will use the following server and port to make these connections on:

Server: http://proxy.shr.secureserver.net
Port: 3128



Can someone here please, explain how I am supposed to use this proxy
with my forum?

Do I need to edit class_rss_poster.php somewhere?
I tried to string the address like this
http://proxy.shr.secureserver.net:3128/http/newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/latest_published_stories/rss.xml
in the rss input field.....just got the "no page to display" error.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

fsockopen does not have a parameter to set a proxy server. This is usually done in the network properties for the server.

I am a bit confused at their answer, as i can not think of a way to implement this. You might want to ask them for an example (in PHP) on how they think you should work with their server.

[youryogi.com]

Your better off moving to another host and not bother with godaddy hosting, their servers are not set up for vbulletin hosting and the answers you got were just the support people grasping at straws. They will finally say "your files, your problem".

For vbulletin I would definitely suggest another hosting option.

[Atropos4]

Thank you for your responses.
And yes
They will finally say "your files, your problem".
that was their resolution, nevermind my files have worked perfectly
for the last 9 months!
Godaddy also informed me that they can configure their servers any way they wish, and are under no obligation to me, to provide anything but my storage and transfer!

I have spent 2 days, and nights (4 hours of sleep)
trying to fix this!

My conclusion.......nothing is broke, except my hosting contract!
This weekend will be spent setting up on a new host.

I guess it is a good excuse to catch up on the latest software updates..lol

Thank you both again, for responding.

[WATRD]

fsockopen does not have a parameter to set a proxy server. This is usually done in the network properties for the server.

I am a bit confused at their answer, as i can not think of a way to implement this. You might want to ask them for an example (in PHP) on how they think you should work with their server.


Here's a link to the example they gave me for what to do, but for the life of me I can't figure out how it applies or how to adapt the code:

http://help.godaddy.com/article.php?article_id=289&topic_id=435

I am having problems with the PayPal subscription system. Same error.