Apple Push Notification not working on shared server

Question

I want to send APN (Apple Push Notification) from PHP script. My PHP script is working fine and I receive notification in the iphone device as well when sending from localhost but when I upload the same script with same .pem file to the shared server it returns error...

Warning: stream_socket_client() [function.stream-socket-client]: unable to connect to ssl://gateway.push.apple.com:2195 (Connection refused) in /mypath/SendPushNotification.php on line 28 Failed to connect: 111 Connection refused

From some source I get to know that to send APN port 2195 must be open which is not possible in the shared server plan. So I tried using dedicated server and it's working perfectly and I receive the notification on the device. I tried hard to find the solution for shared server but didn't find any solution.

My question: is it possible send APN without opening port 2195 from shared server? if Yes give some guidance.

Answer 1

No, Its not possible to send APN message without using 2195 port.

If you want to send push notification message from shared server, try using some third party tools like http://urbanairship.com/.