APNS provider error connection timed out failed to connect 111

[rajender_sharma]

When I try to send Push Notifications I get this error: "Connection refused", but I don't know why... I've uploaded my apns-dev.pem in the same directory as well in the root-directory but that won't work either.

<?php
$payload['aps'] = array('alert' => 'This is the alert text', 'badge' => 1, 'sound' => 'default');
$payload = json_encode($payload);
$apnsHost = 'gateway.sandbox.push.apple.com';
$apnsPort = 2195;
$apnsCert = 'apns-dev.pem';
$apnsPass = 'secret';

$streamContext = stream_context_create();
stream_context_set_option($streamContext, 'ssl', 'local_cert', $apnsCert);
stream_context_set_option($streamContext, 'ssl', 'passphrase', $apnsPass);

$apns = stream_socket_client('ssl://' . $apnsHost . ':' . $apnsPort, $error, $errorString, 60, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT, $streamContext);

if (!$apns) {
echo "Error: $errorString ($error)";
}

// Do this for each
$deviceToken = '00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000';
$apnsMessage = chr(0) . chr(0) . chr(32) . pack('H*', str_replace(' ', '', $deviceToken)) . chr(0) . chr(strlen($payload)) . $payload;
fwrite($apns, $apnsMessage);
// End do

socket_close($apns);
fclose($apns);
?>


Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? When I remove the passphrase and don't send it it doesn't work either...

[azdev]

I would check out Urban Airship (Urban Airship - Easy-to-use push notification and In App Purchase services for iPhone applications) if you want a relatively easy APNS solution and you're planning on sending fewer than 250,000 push notifications a month. After 250,000 they start microcharging you. They provide sample PHP code as well.

I started down the road you're on and had similar headaches before switching over to Urban Airship.