help with file_get_contents() ERRORS!

In that line of that class we have:
$sRet = file_get_contents( "{$site['groups']}orca/?action=group_last_topics&forum={$sForumUri}&trans=1" );
so it try to get last topics of orca forum

possible you have any troubles with orca?

Joel,

I could be wrong and hopefully someone will correct me if I am but I think your host has "allow_url_fopen" turned off. It is one of the functions some hosts disable because they think it posses a security risk. Open www.yoursite/admin/phpinfo.php and search for the term "allow_url_fopen" and see if it is off. If it is off that is your problem. There are two solutions.. if your host allows it put this in a php.ini file in your root:

allow_url_fopen = On

If your host does NOT allow it then you might have to switch hosts :-(

thanks
Mike

Sorry, it should be:

www.yoursite.com/admin/phpinfo.php

Yes, you will most certainly need to have that enabled on your apache/php server. After that, you'll also need to make sure that the place you're getting the file from allows this as well.

A bigger question might be, exactly why do you need to get the file contents, and are you sure this is the most efficient method for what you're wanting to do?

-Citizen
-DolphinElite.com

I'm getting a similar error when I try to access the first Group that I have created.
URL: <domain.name>/community/grp.php?action=group&ID=1

Message:
Warning: file_get_contents(<domain.name>/community/groups/orca/?action=group_last_topics&forum=Website&trans=1) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error in /home/thejourn/public_html/community/inc/classes/BxDolGroups.php on line 419

I got the error message with 6.1.0 and also with 6.1.1

I've checked my phpinfo.php page and can see that allow_url_fopen is On.

Any other ideas?

To all:
1. allow_url_fopen is disabled by my host for security reasons.
2. Changing host is not an option.
To: DolphinElite
The error is caused by the Dolphin programming - it seem to be using a method that is not very portable to multiple hosts in a share enviorment. It happens when i click on a photo in a group. It's nothing that I changed so your question is not relavent. And it seem to me that if SGreenslade is getting it WITH allow_url_fopen=ON - then there's a bigger problem.

I'm told that cURL is a better method.

So MY bigger question is: How do I impliment the cURL and what pages do I need to modify for it to work. (using Dolphin 6.1

Anyone have a fix for this issue? I am having the same issue running v6.1.1 bundle. My fopen is set to on.

I found the fix. The problem is a permissions issue on group/orca. The permissions should be 755.