URGENT - Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]

**Aditya7** · 27-10-09

Hi,

I am reciving an error from my PHP file, the error is :

Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /www/zxq.net/x/c/l/xclusivegigs/htdocs/XclusiveGigs.php on line 14

The php file is:

PHP Code:


<?php

     //connects to our database

     require_once('db_connect.inc');

     db_connect();

     

     //create instance of XMLReader

     $xmlReader = new XMLReader();

     

     //define the filename we wish to write to and the url we wish to download from

     $filename = "Ticketmaster_UK_Events.xml";

     $url = "http://feeds.perfb.com/index.php/download?OEMAIL=adityakishor@hotmail.com&PX=1c53a6624ce5b96bcd7bf7c7971ffcfa&DISPLAYFORMAT=XMLGZIP&REVERSEMAPXML=yes&PRODUCTDB_ID=306";

     

     //this creates the file "feed_download".xml and takes he contents from the URL and stores them into the file

     file_put_contents(‘Ticketmaster_UK_Events.xml’, file_get_contents('http://feeds.perfb.com/index.php/download?OEMAIL=adityakishor@hotmail.com&PX=1c53a6 624ce5b96bcd7bf7c7971ffcfa&DISPLAYFORMAT=XMLGZIP&R EVERSEMAPXML=yes&PRODUCTDB_ID=306'));

     //read in xml file

     $xmlReader->open(‘Ticketmaster_UK_Events.xml’);

     

     //loop to read in data

     while ($xmlReader->read())

           {



                               switch ($xmlReader->name)

                                      {

                                                        //this finds the parent node for each instnc of a product

                                                        case 'product':

                                                             //this initialises the xml parser

                                                             $dom = new DOMDocument();

                                                             $domNode = $xmlReader->expand();

                                                             $element = $dom->appendChild($domNode);

                                                             $domString = utf8_encode($dom->saveXML($element));

                                                             $product = new SimpleXMLElement($domString);

                                                             

                                                             //read in data

                                                             $product_code = $product->product_code;

                                                             $product_name = $product->product_name;

                                                             $leval1 = $product->level1;

                                                             $description = $product->description;

                                                             $short_deeplink = $product->buyat_short_deeplink_url;

                                                             $oldstyle_deeplink = $product->old_style_deeplink_url;

                                                             $image_url = $product->image_url;

                                                             $currency = $product->currency;

                                                             $availability = $product->availability;

                                                             $apr_full = $product->APR_full;

                                                             $apr = $product->APR;

                                                             $balancetransfer_free = $product->BT_Free;

                                                             $interest_free_period = $product->interest_free_period;

                                                             $credit_limit = $product->credit_limit;

                                                             $benefits = $product->benefits;

                                                             $company_text = $product->company_text;

                                                             

                                                             //insert query

                                                             if(strlen($product_code) > 0) //product_id is chosen because there must be an id for each product

                                                                                      {

                                                                                           $query = mysql_query("REPLACE INTO seatwave

                                                                                                  (product_code, product_name, level1, description, short_deeplink, oldstyle_deeplink, image_url, currency,

                                                                                                  availability, apr_full, apr, balancetransfer_free, interest_free_period, credit_limit, benefits, company_text)

                                                                                                  

                                                                                                  VALUES ('$product_code', '$product_name', '$level1', '$description', $short_deeplink', '$oldstyle_deeplink',

                                                                                                  '$image_url', '$currency',

                                                                                                  '$availability', $apr_full', '$apr', '$balancetransfer_free', '$interest_free_period', '$credit_limit', '$benefits',

                                                                                                  '$company_text')");

                                                                                           echo $product_name . "has been inserted </br>";

                                                                                      }

                                                        break;

                                      }

                               }

?>

Can someone please ell me how i can fix this?

Thanks

**awgthomas** · 27-10-09

This is a server configuration issue

You need to edit your php.ini file

from
allow_url_fopen = Off

allow_url_fopen = On

speak to your hosting providers how may be able to do that for you

**Aditya7** · 27-10-09

I am using a free account on zymic.com, have emailed them asking them if they cn do that, will wait for reply

While that is happening, do you know any free hosting website which have this changeable and have mysql and php?

Thanks