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wcrwcr
Workaround for " fsockopen"

  • 2007/6/20 16:31

  • wcrwcr

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Hi All

I?m trying to use a feature of the x_movie module that enables the use of videos from another server.

But to achieve that the module uses "fsockopen()" and in my case after almost a week of trying I?ve received a message from the host company telling me that the function is unavailable due to security reasons, so I can?t use this feature (url) within x_movie.

Maybe some smart coder could point us a nice workaraound.

Is there a way to rewrite a function with another aproach?

Any tip guys?

Thanks
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Mantooth
Re: Workaround for " fsockopen"

  • 2007/6/20 19:27

  • Mantooth

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i've heard that libcurl can be used instead of fsockopen. It might be hard to convert everything and i think that if the host has fsockopen disabled, there's a good chance that libcurl will be disabled also.
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wcrwcr
Re: Workaround for " fsockopen"

  • 2007/6/20 20:41

  • wcrwcr

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Hi

Thanks for the imput Mantooth

I?ll do a basic research on http://curl.haxx.se/

BTW> any real good reason for disabling fsockopen() ?
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Mantooth
Re: Workaround for " fsockopen"

  • 2007/6/21 16:56

  • Mantooth

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I think most server admins will tell you that it is completely unnecessary to disable fsockopen. Some have it disabled because they are overly cautious or don't know what they're doing.
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wcrwcr
Re: Workaround for " fsockopen"

  • 2007/6/22 13:48

  • wcrwcr

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Hi

Mantooth

Quote:
Some have it disabled because they are overly cautious or don't know what they're doing.


In my case I think the second option is perfect

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