Hello,

My web host has disabled the phpfunction "fsockopen" on my shared server that i need for the paypal IPN in xdonations. my server's php settings

I asked them politely to enable the function but they refused saying "we would have to open it up on the whole server causing a security hole".


I've heard that you can change php's configurations using htaccess.

Is this true? and does anyone know exactly what I'd need to enter in the htaccess to enable this function?

I've been searching around for a couple hours and the closest example i can find is this...


php_value include_path ".:/usr/local/lib/php"
php_admin_flag safe_mode on



If anyone can lend me some advice, it would be much appreciated. I would like to avoid finding another host because I've already pre-paid for the year

Thanks,
Mantooth

I guess i've hit a dead end

According to the PHP manual, disable_functions can only be set in php.ini. If you run PHP as CGI instead of as an Apache module, you might be able to override that setting by adding your own php.ini file in the script's directory. Otherwise, I doubt if you can change the setting.

php.ini

Thanks for the information. now i know that switching hosts is my only option. hopefully, i'll be able to get a refund for the rest of the year.


just a warning to everyone, hostultra and yahoo hosting have a ridiculous amount of php functions disabled.