Warning: fsockopen(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: nodename nor servname provided, or not known in /opencart-path/system/library/mail.php

Posted by bput4all on May 21, 2016 · 1 Comment 

Currently i was working in a open cart ecommerce solution and  i came across this error:

Warning: fsockopen(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: nodename nor servname provided, or not known in /opencart-path/system/library/mail.php on line 168

fsockopen(): unable to connect to :465 (php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: nodename nor servname provided, ornot known) in /opencart-path/system/library/mail.php on line 168Notice: Error: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: nodename nor servname provided, ornot known (0) in /opencart-path/system/library/mail.php on line 171

PHP Warning: fsockopen(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name orservice not known in /opencart-path/system/library/mail.php on line 168

PHP Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to :25 (php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name orservice not known) in /opencart-path/system/library/mail.php on line 168

fsockopen(): unable to connect to :587 (php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: nodename nor servname provided, ornot known) in /opencart-path/system/library/mail.php on line 168Notice: Error: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: nodename nor servname provided, ornot known (0) in /opencart-path/system/library/mail.php on line 171

After searching a bit i found the solution

This issue was not related to hosting config and if the SMTP configuration was previously working, this only indicated an issue with the latest open cart 2.0.2.0 patch.

After searching i found the issue with the actual upgrade package of OpenCart 2.0.2.0. I found config_mail_smtp_host variable was changed to config_mail_smtp_hostname, but there are files, where the old name was not replaced with the new one. This is the reason why the SMTP configuration for the mail service of Open Cart was not working properly.

So i had to manually replace all the  files, where the old config_mail_smtp_host is used and changed it to config_mail_smtp_hostname. This fixed the issue completely for me.

I hope this article would help some one facing the similar issue ..

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