I’ve found an issue… which matters based on the server configuration that the plugin is installed on.
The plugin tries to look for a new version of obsocialbookmark. When it does this it calls the php fopen() function. This is cool, however, on some server configurations (such as mine), you can not call a URL using that function through PHP.
My Workaround:
I removed the 20 or so lines of code that were concerned with trying to see if a new version existed
My Suggestion:
Test to see if the fopen() can make a call to a non-local URL. If it can’t, then do not execute code trying to.
[...] found one that seemed promising called obsocialbookmarker. He had a new release out, so I figured I would give it a whirl and see if I liked it… because I really [...]
Works great. Only thing to note is that you have it specified as 5.1.5, but released as 5.1.3… made me a little confused when making sure I was downloading the right file.
Thats a small change though . The fix works great, well done Raj!
January 4, 2008 at 8:29 am
I’ve found an issue… which matters based on the server configuration that the plugin is installed on.
The plugin tries to look for a new version of obsocialbookmark. When it does this it calls the php fopen() function. This is cool, however, on some server configurations (such as mine), you can not call a URL using that function through PHP.
My Workaround:
I removed the 20 or so lines of code that were concerned with trying to see if a new version existed
My Suggestion:
Test to see if the fopen() can make a call to a non-local URL. If it can’t, then do not execute code trying to.
- Dave
devmorgan.com