title: Appfog file_get_contents and curl connection timeout
body: <p>I searched for similar issues at SO, but none worked for me.
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  <p>I deployed my laravel 4 app on appfog and try to get content from an external website.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried several things:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>file_get_contents -> Connection timeout.</li>
  <li>curl -> Connection timeout</li>
  <li>Tried to set a custom timeout.not working</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>My PHP-Settings: </p>
  
  <pre><code>allow_url_fopen On
  cURL support enabled
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there something about appfog that you cannot access an external website?</p>