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lucidbrot
lucidbrot

Reputation: 6168

Does the php function file() need a special allow in php.ini?

So I guess I just googled the wrong keywords, but anyway, I couldn't find an answer.

I have a php script which basically echoes the return of 

file($url);

as a string. (it does something with this first, but this is irrellevant)

Doing it on localhost with xampp works perfectly, but on my server it doesn't. I assumed setting in .htaccess the header to 

Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
Header set Access-Control-Allow-Headers "Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept"

should do the trick, but it still didn't work, so: does the function file() need something like the fopen() needs allow_url_fopen = On in php.ini ?

--------------EDIT----------------- I just added a 

try{$f=file($url);}catch(Exception $e){
echo 'Exception: ',  $e->getMessage(), "\n";}

with allow_url_fopen still Off, but now it works for some strange reason. What is going on?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 47

Answers (1)

Marcin Nabiałek
Marcin Nabiałek

Reputation: 111869

Yes, it needs allow_url_fopen to be on as all other PHP functions when you manipulate on external urls

Upvotes: 1

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