for security reasons, allow_url_include can only be set from the main
php.ini
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Thijs Lensselink <dev@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Quoting Chris <cwilli14@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > I've encountered a situation where under PHP 5 the file_get_contents()
> > function will not work properly (actually not at all) if the php.ini
> > Filesystem configuration parameter, allow_url_include is set to OFF.
> > According to the PHP documentation allow_url_include is intended to
> > limiting PHP from accessing scripts on other servers.
> >
> > I have read posts that suggest setting allow_url_include to ON as
> > a solution. Well that's great if you have the ability to modify your
> > php.ini. But what if you have an account on a shared hosting system
> > and the hosting company will NOT make the requested change?
> >
> > Is there a work around to this or how would one access remote web
> services
> > if allow_url_include is OFF. This looks like a huge problem since many
> > services, like PayPal's IPN and Google maps geocoding, rely on
> communication
> > with their servers.
> >
>
> Try ini_set("allow_url_include", "1"); In your script. (not tested)
>
> If that doesn't help. You can use CURL for this :
> http://php.net/manual/en/ref.curl.php
>
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