"could not open socket" error

Question

Hello:
I am following the book "Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 with PHP" by David Powers (an excellent book I might add) and am currently going over chapter 8. (Zending email). I have completed the section concerning processing of a simple user feedback script, and I beleive I have my connector script, and code correct. My testing server is running and correctly defined in DW. When I attempt to submit the form in a browser window, I get the message "could not open socket" at the top of the  browser document window. I assume this involves adjusting a configuration file but I can not figure out where it is. Any help out there?
My setup:
Windows 7
Apache2.2.17
PHP5.3.4
ZendFramework-1.11.4-minimal

Answer 1

Boy, this one sure has me stumped.
Despite using the amendment to the catch block that you so graciously suggested, and turning off my firewall, and antivirus software, all I get is the error message "could not open socket" at the top of the browser (various) document window (and a resetting of all fields and textarea):
Here are my files. (I understand I will be changing my passwords, and getting a new recaptcha key, but I am desperate to fix this):
I also amended the mail_connector.php script using the (Outgoing Mail Server: (SSL) server306.webhostingpad.com (server requires authentication) port 465) choice below with the same result.
My hosting company provided this to me for manual setting of email:
Manual Settings
Mail Server Username: test1+housecalls4pets.com
Incoming Mail Server: mail.housecalls4pets.com
Incoming Mail Server: (SSL) server306.webhostingpad.com
Outgoing Mail Server: mail.housecalls4pets.com (server requires authentication) port 2626
Outgoing Mail Server: (SSL) server306.webhostingpad.com (server requires authentication) port 465
Supported Incoming Mail Protocols: POP3, POP3S (SSL/TLS), IMAP, IMAPS (SSL/TLS)
Supported Outgoing Mail Protocols: SMTP, SMTPS (SSL/TLS)
library.php:
<?php
// Adjust the path to match the location of the library folder on your system
$library = 'C:/php_library/ZendFramework-1.11.4-minimal/library';
set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . $library);
require_once('Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php');
try {
  Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();
  $write = array('host'     => 'localhost',
     'username' => 'cs5write',
     'password' => 'Bow!e#CS5',
     'dbname'   => 'phpcs5');
  $read  = array('host'     => 'localhost',
     'username' => 'cs5read',
     'password' => '5T@rmaN',
     'dbname'   => 'phpcs5');
  // Comment out the next two lines if using mysqli
  // and remove the comments from the last two lines
  $dbWrite = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql($write);
  $dbRead = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql($read);
  //$dbWrite = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli($write);
  //$dbRead = new Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli($read);
catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'Class: ' . get_class($e) . ' says: ' . $e->getMessage();
mail_connector.php:
<?php
$mailhost = 'smtp.mail.housecalls4pets.com';
$mailconfig = array('auth' => 'login',
      'username' =>'[email protected]',
     'password' => 'Buffy1481',
     'port'    => '2626');
$transport = new Zend_Mail_Transport_Smtp($mailhost, $mailconfig);
Zend_Mail::setDefaultTransport($transport);
process_comments.php
<?php
require_once('library.php');
$errors = array();
try {
  $public_key = '6LekzsUSAAAAAP99fQ32-j-qlp2wUWqeUc3_HvkX';
  $private_key = '6LekzsUSAAAAAHxKj135LEE9zoAxQng1A3azJYgE';
  $recaptcha = new Zend_Service_ReCaptcha($public_key, $private_key);
  if (isset($_POST['send'])) {
// validate the user input
if (empty($_POST['recaptcha_response_field'])) {
   $errors['recaptcha'] = 'reCAPTCHA field is required';
} else {
   $result = $recaptcha->verify($_POST['recaptcha_challenge_field'], $_POST['recaptcha_response_field']);
   if (!$result->isValid()) {
  $errors['recaptcha'] = 'Try again';
$val = new Zend_Validate_Alnum(TRUE);
if (!$val->isValid($_POST['name'])) {
   $errors['name'] = 'Name is required';
$val = new Zend_Validate_EmailAddress();
if (!$val->isValid($_POST['email'])) {
   $errors['email'] = 'Email address is required';
$val = new Zend_Validate_StringLength(10);
if (!$val->isValid($_POST['comments'])) {
   $errors['comments'] = 'Required';
if (!$errors) {
  // create and send the email
    require_once('mail_connector.php');
    $mail = new Zend_Mail('UTF-8');
    $mail->addTo('[email protected]', 'A N Other');
    $mail->setFrom('[email protected]', 'Zend Mail Test');
    $mail->setSubject('Comments from feedback form');
    $mail->setReplyTo($_POST['email'], $_POST['name']);
    $text = "Name: {$_POST['name']}\r\n\r\n";
    $text .= "Email: {$_POST['email']}\r\n\r\n";
    $text .= "Comments: {$_POST['comments']}";
    $html = "<p><strong>Name: </strong><a href='mailto:{$_POST['email']}'>{$_POST['name']}</a></p>";
    $html .= '<p><strong>Comments: </strong>' . nl2br($_POST['comments']) . '</p>';
    $mail->setBodyText($text, 'UTF-8');
    $mail->setBodyHtml($html, 'UTF-8');
    $success = $mail->send();
    if (!$success) {
      $errors = TRUE;
} catch (Exception $e) {
  echo $e->getMessage();
?>
comments.php:
<?php
require_once('scripts/process_comments.php');
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Contact Us</title>
<link href="../../styles/users_wider.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<h1>Get In Touch</h1>
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="">
  <?php if (isset($success) && !$errors) { ?>
  <p>Thank you. Your comments have been sent.</p>
  <?php } elseif (isset($success) && $errors) { ?>
  <p>Sorry, there was a problem. Please try later.</p>
  <?php } ?>
  <p>All fields are required</p>
  <p>
    <label for="name">Your name:</label>
    <input value="<?php if ($_POST && $errors) {
  echo htmlentities($_POST['name'], ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8');
}?>" type="text" name="name" id="name" />
    <span>
    <?php if ($_POST && isset($errors['name'])) {
    echo $errors['name'];
} ?>
    </span></p>
  <p>
    <label for="email">Email address:</label>
    <input value="<?php if ($_POST && $errors) {
  echo htmlentities($_POST['email'], ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8');
}?>" type="text" name="email" id="email" />
  <span>
  <?php if ($_POST && isset($errors['email'])) {
    echo $errors['email'];
} ?>
  </span></p>
  <p>
    <label for="comments">Comments:</label>
    <textarea name="comments" id="comments" cols="45" rows="5"><?php if ($_POST && $errors) {echo htmlentities($_POST['comments'],ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); }?></textarea>
  <span>
  <?php if ($_POST && isset($errors['comments'])) {
    echo $errors['comments'];
} ?>
  </span></p>
  <?php if (isset($errors['recaptcha'])) {
    echo "<p><span>{$errors['recaptcha']}</span></p>";
  echo $recaptcha->getHtml(); ?>
  <p>
    <input type="submit" name="send" id="send" value="Send Comments" />
  </p>
</form>
</body>
</html>