Title: update gives socket error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# update gives socket error

 *  [titusbicknell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/titusbicknell/)
 * (@titusbicknell)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-gives-socket-error/)
 * Warning: stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to [http://browscap.org/stream?q=PHP_BrowscapINI](http://browscap.org/stream?q=PHP_BrowscapINI)(
   Unable to find the socket transport “http” – did you forget to enable it when
   you configured PHP?) in … advanced-browser-check/browscap/browscap.php on line
   1026
 * Could not find any other support ticket about this error. Please help as I would
   love to use your plugin but this error renders the site unusable in all browsers!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-browser-check/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-browser-check/)

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 *  [NadineMB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nadinemb/)
 * (@nadinemb)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-gives-socket-error/#post-5103588)
 * Hey,
    I have the same problem. After a few seconds this message is displayed 
   with a black background:
 * Warning: stream_socket_client() [function.stream-socket-client]: unable to connect
   to [http://browscap.org/stream?q=PHP_BrowscapINI](http://browscap.org/stream?q=PHP_BrowscapINI)(
   Unable to find the socket transport “http” – did you forget to enable it when
   you configured PHP?) in /usr/www/users/maghbopp/wordpress2014.avendoo.de/wp-content/
   plugins/advanced-browser-check/browscap/browscap.php on line 1026
 *  Plugin Author [Mattias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darkwhispering/)
 * (@darkwhispering)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-gives-socket-error/#post-5103630)
 * Hey,
 * Do you still have this issue? Either the website was unavailable or your servers
   do not have stream_socket_client() available in the PHP setup.
 * If you still have issues, please try the latest version and see if it solves 
   your problems. Else I would recommend contacting your hosting provider and ask
   about stream_socket_client()

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-gives-socket-error/#post-5103630)
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