[PHP-INSTALL] readfile and get_file_contents don't work

[Richard K. Miller]

I compiled PHP from source on Fedora Core 4, but I must have left  
something out because readfile and get_file_contents aren't working.   
If I try to connect to a "http://"; address I get the error "failed to  
open stream: connection timed out" or "failed to open stream: HTTP  
request failed".  Any ideas why?

By the way, allow_url_fopen is enabled.
Richard