: ...but it didn't work. i'm guessing that there are some security things : are prevent this or something, but am not sure. do i not have the : syntacs correct?
I accidentally deleted the rest of the posts about your question, so I may be restating something here.. But anyway, you asked how to allow fopen to retrieve files via a URL. The php.ini file holds that variable.. If you have the proper permissions to edit that file, find the allow_url_fopen var and make sure it is enabled.. And make sure your fopen( $filename, "r" ); call includes the "r" part.. It is possible that your php installation was compiled with fopen support for urls explicitly disabled. This could be causing the problem you are having too.. Oh yeah, and make sure the remote file you are trying to access has sufficient permissions to allow reading the file too.. ;-) Later, Bob ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
