PHP Warning: session_ start(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed

[nitin2011]

We have one server which was never been used from last 3-4 months and when we start it to use, login module written in PHP has been completely broken. When I checked the standard httpd logs, it says:
ERROR:
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PHP Warning: session_
start(): php_network_get addresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known
in /home/sites/siteAdmin/authenticate.ph p on line 24, refer
er: URL
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I have been referred to so many articles and blogs regarding this, but none of them worked for me. Please help.

[Dormilich]

this error is caused by a failed DNS lookup. there isn’t much you can do in PHP (maybe except finding out the correct name/service) because it‘s a network issue.