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bikeman01
Inspiring
December 1, 2009
Question

URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration

  • December 1, 2009
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My hosting company has made a server config change and my xslt pages have stopped working with the following error.

It says url file access is disabled but my phpinfo() still shows allow_url_fopen = on

What else might be the problem?

Warning: require_once() [

function.require-once]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in

/homepages/0/xxx/htdocs/xxxx/inc/horoscope_xml.php on line

3

Warning: require_once(

http://www.xxxx.co.uk/includes/MM_XSLTransform/MM_XSLTransform.class.php) [

function.require-once]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in

/homepages/0/xxxx/htdocs/xxxxx/inc/horoscope_xml.php on line

3

Fatal error: require_once() [

function.require]: Failed opening required 'http://www.xxxxx.co.uk/includes/MM_XSLTransform/MM_XSLTransform.class.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php5') in

/homepages/0/xxxx/htdocs/xxxxx/inc/horoscope_xml.php on line

3

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David_Powers
David_Powers
Inspiring
December 1, 2009

Improved security in PHP 5 split the allow_url_fopen directive into allow_url_fopen and allow_url_include. The first one, allow_url_fopen allows you to open remote files, but prevents you from including files from a URL. Normally, allow_url_fopen is on and allow_url_include is off.

Assuming that the class is on your local server, use a file path, rather than a URL to include it. If the class is not on your local server, you cannot include it.

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bikeman01Author
Inspiring
December 1, 2009

I don't understand your use of the word 'class' in your reply - I am using php not asp.net.

The page in question is using XSLT to reformat a remote xml feed.

The servers php is 5.2.11, as it has been for sometime, so I know that it previously worked with allow_url_fopen = on and allow_url_include = off.

I have copied the files to another server at the same web host and it works fine.

The webhost co is adament that both servers are the same but clearly this is not the case.

Is it possible for phpinfo() to show allow_url_fopen = on yet be actually off on the server?

David_Powers
David_Powers
Inspiring
December 1, 2009

bikeman01 wrote:

I don't understand your use of the word 'class' in your reply - I am using php not asp.net.

The name of the file that you are trying to access is MM_XSLTransform.class.php. It is a PHP class created by Dreamweaver for the XSL Transformation server behavior.

The servers php is 5.2.11, as it has been for sometime, so I know that it previously worked with allow_url_fopen = on and allow_url_include = off

Judging from the error message, you are trying to include the file using a URL, rather than a file path:

Fatal error: require_once() [

function.require]: Failed opening required 'http://www.xxxxx.co.uk/includes/MM_XSLTransform/MM_XSLTransform.class.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php5') in

/homepages/0/xxxx/htdocs/xxxxx/inc/horoscope_xml.php on line

3

Change the URL to a file path:

require_once('/homepages/0/xxxx/htdocs/includes/MM_XSLTransform/MM_XSLTransform.class.php');

Is it possible for phpinfo() to show allow_url_fopen = on yet be actually off on the server?

No.

[Edited to correct name of server behavior]

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