[solved] News Error: could not fetch the news

[Paul]

hi,

I have included the news but it says Could not fetch the news ...

can you guys help me solve this please

thanks

[Paul]

Hello,

Do you have allow_url_fopen enabled on your hosting account?

Can you post the link to the news feed you wish to add to your site?

[fahimw]

thanks solved it

[ermisoglu]

I have the same problem,
how shall I enable the allow_url_fopen parameter? where is it on the hosting?
Can you define please?

[Andrew]

I have the same problem,
how shall I enable the allow_url_fopen parameter? where is it on the hosting?
Can you define please?

I'm sorry but you will have to contact your host for this.

[ermisoglu]

Below is the hosts answer. So can you help me about this cURL?

Hello,
We have disabled allow_url_fopen php configuration on the server due to its hacking vulnerabilities ,very few applications require it, and by disabling it we will prevent exploitation of PHP remote include vulnerabilities. Applications that do require it can be modified to use cURL instead.
Please feel free to contact us back in case of any other information.

[Andrew]

Thanks for posting this.

I see that the news module hasn't been done to work with cURL if fopen isn't present.

I think you can however enable fOpen for URA by using a php.ini or .htaccess file that enables this feature.

Ask your host if you can do this.