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tehHinjew · 07-10-2008, 11:36 AM

I am looking for a solution to a news ticker that I use on my site...

Take the following in mind my site uses 1000 plus pages and the ticker is on every page and the pages are in folders.

I used to use <?PHP include("http://site.dotcom/ticker.php");?>

and i tried <?php include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/updates.php'); ?> and it doesnt work... I still get the error you can see this via ffgenesis.com I am testing it on an old site .

This no longer works anymore, I am looking for a simple way to solve this issue once again and not a big code considering its a tiny code already.

Thanks in advance,

P.S If I sound stupid it been a while since I've coded I may be out of date for 2 years.

mike-al · 07-10-2008, 11:47 AM

the use of fopen requires a setting in php.ini that may be disabled

fopen opens files locally or via extenals calls <-- which i am guessing is your problem
since you are using a http:// in your include and this feature may be disabled as its a security concern

Varius · 07-10-2008, 01:28 PM

Mike is right above, if it's your box change the value in php.ini

If it's a host where you don't have access try putting in your php file

ini_set('allow_url_fopen', TRUE);

however there are a few settings ini_set doesn't have permission to change and this *may* be one of those.

However, I recommend using Smarty or another template engine for PHP to begin with, so you keep your PHP and HTML nice and clean and seperate.

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mike-al Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 691	the use of fopen requires a setting in php.ini that may be disabled fopen opens files locally or via extenals calls <-- which i am guessing is your problem since you are using a http:// in your include and this feature may be disabled as its a security concern __________________ Delete this account, i am done here

07-10-2008, 01:28 PM	#3
Varius Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 6,890	Mike is right above, if it's your box change the value in php.ini If it's a host where you don't have access try putting in your php file ini_set('allow_url_fopen', TRUE); however there are a few settings ini_set doesn't have permission to change and this may be one of those. However, I recommend using Smarty or another template engine for PHP to begin with, so you keep your PHP and HTML nice and clean and seperate. __________________ Skype variuscr - Email varius AT gmail