This is a discussion on Help! Host turning off allow_url_fopen within the osCMax v1.7 Installation forums, part of the osCMax v1.7 Forums category; I need help with my current store installation (MAX 1.7 installed November 2004) because my host is making a ...
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| I need help with my current store installation (MAX 1.7 installed November 2004) because my host is making a change which I think will break the functionality, namely, turning off allow_url_fopen. But I'm not sure. My understanding is that any variables or includes which begin with "http://" will no longer work. I think osCommerce relies on this. But I'm not a php jock. Just a fan. So I can customize my store to a degree, but not gut it or create a contribution. Am I right--that turning off allow_url_fopen will break my store? Can I easily fix this? Or should I be looking for a new host? Here is applicable section of the note from Dreamhost: Quote:
Any advice/help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Jane |
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| Jane, I just ran a test of this on our development shop, and it does not seem to break osCMax at all. I have not run complete tests, but superficially, it does not affect the overall function of the application. Of course, if you have made modifications to osCMax that require fopen wrappers, you will get error messages from php that tell you where the problem is, but again, it does not break the application.
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| That is good news! Thanks for checking and keep me updated if you find any issues. The only "modification" I have was to the template and text . . . and to install an SSL certificate. I'm still wondering if it would be an issue to go from http: to https: Jane |
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| This change (fopen = off) has nothing to do with ssl or switching between http or https. It has to do with allowing files to be called in html using full url's to the file instead of local relative paths. You will be fine.
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