(7) Failed to connect to 173.0.88.69: Permission denied

[brumby14]

G'day, I'm pretty new to all this, so forgive my mistakes.

My store is www.g o a t s a u s t r a l i a.com.au/shop

I have just set it up, it was installed on my web host account by one of their techs. hosting is ozevisionwebhosting.com

When I set up express checkout I get this error when testing.

" An error occurred when we tried to contact the payment processor. Please try again, select an alternate payment method, or contact the store owner for assistance. () - (7) Failed to connect to 173.0.88.69: Permission denied"

I have google and looked to search for whats doing it till I'm blue in the face

My server info is this

Server Information

Server Host: web1.au.cloudlogin.co (202.87.31.185) Database Host: localhost (127.0.0.1)
Server OS: Linux 3.10.55-xeon-hst-xeon-hst Database: MySQL 5.5.38
Server Date: 11/02/2014 21:38:12 Database Date: 11/02/2014 21:38:12
Server Up Time: Unsupported HTTP Server: Apache mod_fcgid/2.3.7 mod_auth_pgsql/2.0.3
PHP Version: 5.3.28 (Zend: 2.3.0) PHP Memory Limit: 128M PHP Safe Mode: Off
PHP File Uploads: On Max Size: 2M POST Max Size: 8M
Database Data Size: 407 kB Database Index Size: 484 kB

I have not upgraded my site, nor have I installed anything except this paypal module (I think)


Could someone guide me in the right direction please?

Regards Shirrelle

[DrByte]

"(7) Failed to connect to 173.0.88.69: Permission denied" is coming from CURL on your hosting server.
Best to talk to your hosting company to get them to fix whatever is blocking the connection.

Additionally, there's a CURL testing script you can use to simplify troubleshooting of this sort of problem. It's located at /shop/extras/curltester.php
But, since your hosting company is running PHP as CGI, you'll need to edit the /shop/extras/.htaccess file and remove the text "-ExecCGI" from the end of the file. And then you (and your hosting company tech staff) will be able to access the curltester.php file with your browser.

[brumby14]

Goodo Thanks for that, working well now