if allow_url_fopen is not on, you can still use fsockopen(), and no it doesn't affect security, if you don't open files based on unchecked user input.
Alfonso Ballesteros wrote: >Hello > >I'm a newcomer to PHP and I wish to know how to get the contents of a file >located in an URL if the parameter allow_url_fopen is "no value" in the >php.ini file. > >Does this parameter, if is "on", affect the security of the server? > >Thanks in advance > >Alfonso > > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
