THE MOLITOR FORUMS » Topic: Error Message: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/error-message-url-file-access-is-disabled-in-the-server-configuration-3 THE MOLITOR FORUMS » Topic: Error Message: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:49:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.themolitor.com/forums/search.php THE MOLITOR on "Error Message: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration" http://www.themolitor.com/forums/topic/error-message-url-file-access-is-disabled-in-the-server-configuration-3#post-145 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:04:38 +0000 THE MOLITOR 145@http://www.themolitor.com/forums/

If you are getting Warning Messages like this one:

"Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration..."

This means that your server configuration is blocking external file access.

Solution:
allow_url_fopen should be ON in PHP configuration (php.ini). You may not have access to edit this file and it could also be that your hosting company has restricted changing the allow_url_fopen value. In this case, you should refer to them and ask them to set the value of allow_url_fopen to ON.

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