How to reduce the amount of PHP socket connections

[Shakirakhund]

Website URL cybercoins.rf.gd)** has been reactivated! today

(please specify the URL of the site on which you are experiencing the problem)

website was closed due to reaching the PHP socket connection limit.

(please share the FULL error message you see, if applicable)

Please let me know how to reduce the amount of PHP socket connections on my applications makes to ensure it is not suspended again for the same reason

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yesterday I was geting truble to upload images then I go to file manager I do some folder permissions and and some changes in wp.config.php after that site was runing good but image uploding was restected but other all was ok in morning I reached to account suspensions. please help me to control PHP socket connections. Thanks. I am new to website developing.

[Herbert]

Hey there, Yesterday, the system had an error with the PHP, but I am not so sure about the PHP socket limit. As of my knowledge, you can’t use socket connections on free accounts.

[ChrisPAR]

From the response to another topic:

I want to understand what socket connections are and how do I recover from this error?

I see that you’ve already been given some quite elaborate explanations in the replies to your ticket. In general, these “socket connections” are connections made from your site to external services. Socket connections themselves are perfectly normal of course, but excessive outbound connections are suspicious. That could point to someone trying to use our hosting to try to hack other sites or services, which we don’t want to happen. For this reason, we track and count these external connection…

You should be able to ask support what was the cause of hitting the socket connection limit, and get more explanation.

@Shakirakhund

yesterday I was geting truble to upload images then I go to file manager I do some folder permissions and and some changes in wp.config.php after that site was runing good

If the changes were related to the temporary folder missing outage, the issue is now fixed, so I would recommend undoing these changes:

Errors when accessing temporary folders (WordPress & PHP Upload errors)

It appears that the temporary file issue was resolved. I don’t know exactly what happened or the exact timeline of when the issue started and when it was fixed, but it seems to be OK now.

@Herbert

As of my knowledge, you can’t use socket connections on free accounts.

Socket connections can be opened; it is server sockets that are not supported:

@Admin

We do support client sockets on our hosting (which connect from your PHP code to external systems) but not server sockets (which runs a process to listen for incoming connections from other systems)

@Herbert

I am not so sure about the PHP socket limit

If nothing has changed, it should be 10k/month, from what a user who had gotten suspended had shared:

@zephyr707

I am trying to reduce the number of socket connections to stay under the 10k/month free limit

It is an extremely rare suspension so no article exists for it at the moment

[Shakirakhund]

Personally I dont want any socket connections but If system wants so i need it but all in legale way and limites. thanks for reply anyway…

[Shakirakhund]

I just want to understand if it was becouse I made allow some addvertising codes on my SITE …?. I intencially did not do any thing besides post some adds yesterday.

[ChrisPAR]

You’ll have to ask support (if you still can) - we cannot know for sure.

Can you share a list of the plugins you use, if any?

[Shakirakhund]

Ok Boos thank to replying I just removed all external codes and affried if I run my site and socket connections are oper again. …

[Shakirakhund]

### Website URL

I have infinityfree account three site address active all suspend due to limite reach.
I am working on one web site and I have only 50 post about 500 visiter per day and not downloading movies and nothing havey sttaf.

After reactivation I got this in mail:

#####Your website was closed due to reaching the PHP socket connection limit.

Please reduce the amount of PHP socket connections your applications makes to ensure it is not suspended again for the same reason

I last tow days I had three times suspenssion and reactivation … please some one help me to reduce and controle socekt connection in limit.

[Shakirakhund]

Here some leader told me that ask to support sec.

[Shakirakhund]

[Herbert]

Hey there, can you please specify the issue you are having?

[Shakirakhund]

The Issue I have is to face suspention of my Hosting account three time in last tow days they say to reduce socket connection in limit I have only 50 post 500 visitores and no up down loading but I reached limits I cant understand how and why …

[KangJL]

@Shakirakhund

Here some leader told me that ask to support

Not the support here. He meant iFastnet support, where you submitted the ticket…

[Admin]

We don’t record what kind of socket connections you create and where they go (as far as I know). So we can’t just give you a log that gives a clear picture of what could be causing the high socket usage, if that’s what you were hoping to get.

@Shakirakhund

I have only 50 post 500 visitores

Socket usage measures socket usage. It doesn’t measure traffic, and it definitely doesn’t measure something abstract such as “posts”.

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Also, I just took a look at the last ticket, and I see you were told this:

We can no longer continue hosting this account on free hosting, please let us know if a backup is required.

So it seems you’ve had your chance to fix this issue, but weren’t able to take it. So even if we do manage to find out what’s causing the high socket usage, you won’t be able to do anything about it.