fsockopen warning

[eluser]wildcard99[/eluser]
The following error occurs on my log file while trying to connect to paypal sandbox..
I check my server by running the function_exists("fsockopen") and returns true.

any body who knows whats going on?

ERROR - 2008-02-21 19:04:34 --&gt; Severity: Warning --&gt; fsockopen() [<a href='function.fsockopen'>function.fsockopen</a>]: unable to connect to https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr:80 (Unable to find the socket transport &quot;https&quot; - did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP?)
/home/englisht/public_html/system/application/controllers/dummy.php 147

[eluser]Alex007[/eluser]

Unable to find the socket transport "https" - did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP?

It's not a CI error, it's a PHP error, apparently there's no HTTPS support in your version of PHP. Contact your web host.