[Solved] Allow URL fopen conflict

I am new to Joomdle (though experienced in Joomla and slightly less so in Moodle) and have installed on Joomla 2.5.1, Moodle 2.0.2, and Joomdle 0.7
I have gone through all the config...all seems good so far except for the system check.


I am on a shred server so no surprise allow_url_fopen wasn't on:

Allow URL fopen You need to set PHP option allow_url_fopen to On, on your PHP configuration

I have had my hosting provider create a php.ini file no enable it for my domain. and when running an info.php script it does indeed show that it is on:

Directive Local Value Master Value
allow_url_fopen On On

Yet, I am still getting the "You need to set PHP option allow_url_fopen to On, on your PHP configuration" in the system check.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

James

Did you run the test script in your Joomla root folder?

Check Joomla -> System Information -> PHP information, to see what Joomla is detecting.

Ah.... I've always checked my php setting using an external file... force of habit from years gone by I guess.

Your suspicions are correct - Joomla doesn't recognise the php.ini in the root web folder.

As I don't have access to /usr/lib (where Joomla is reading php.ini) is there a workaround?

My host won't switch this on for the entire server due to security concerns.

Thanks for the very swift reply Antonio....I'm very excited about this component!

James

Did you put php.ini file in joomla root folder?
If so, you may need to set apache to use it. How to do this often depends on hosting company, so you will need to check with them.
But, if it is recognized by external script, it should be by joomla too, if the file is in the right folder. You may even need to put it in administrator/ too.

Thanks Antonio.

Dropping the php.ini file in the administrator folder worked for me!

Much appreciate your support!

James

Great. Thanks for sharing your results.