Title: Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed!
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed!

 *  [zacker3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zacker3/)
 * (@zacker3)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/failed-to-open-stream-http-request-failed/)
 * Over at my site [http://www.thefuture.dk](http://www.thefuture.dk) the error 
   message shown below often appears. Wierd thing is that it seems to be totally
   random when it works and when it does not work. If you refresh the site it always
   works. Anyone who can help me?
 * Warning: include([http://www.thefuture.dk/wordpress/index.php](http://www.thefuture.dk/wordpress/index.php))[
   function.include]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! in /customers/
   thefuture.dk/thefuture.dk/httpd.www/index.php on line 59
 * Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening ‘[http://www.thefuture.dk/wordpress/index.php&#8217](http://www.thefuture.dk/wordpress/index.php&#8217);
   for inclusion (include_path=’.:’) in /customers/thefuture.dk/thefuture.dk/httpd.
   www/index.php on line 59

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 *  Thread Starter [zacker3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zacker3/)
 * (@zacker3)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/failed-to-open-stream-http-request-failed/#post-427718)
 * The problem is quite annoying, could someone please help?
 * My current clue is that it somehow might relate to cookies in some way as it 
   seem to happen at these times:
    a) First time you visit the site b) If you visit
   the time again after some time
 * Not totally sure yet though.
 *  [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/)
 * (@yosemite)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/failed-to-open-stream-http-request-failed/#post-427722)
 * If you haven’t yet, upgrade to 2.0.4. Otherwise I would suggest you contact your
   host.
 *  Thread Starter [zacker3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zacker3/)
 * (@zacker3)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/failed-to-open-stream-http-request-failed/#post-427726)
 * I have upgraded to 2.0.4 and there is no change in how often the problem occurs.
 * There should not be anything wrong with my host, it works perfectly for anything
   else. When the error occurs on my site it only happens for the part I include
   using the php function include(). The rest loads fine.
 * So if anyone knows any problem with wordpress content included on a site through
   an include() function, then I would like to hear it.

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 * [Failed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/failed/)
 * [HTTP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/http/)
 * [request](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/request/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [zacker3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zacker3/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/failed-to-open-stream-http-request-failed/#post-427726)
 * Status: not resolved

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