file_get_contents bad ad breaking site

Discussion in 'Co-op Advertising Network' started by bobafind, Aug 22, 2004.

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    Every once in a while an ad gets served that breaks my site layout because it causes an ugly php warning talking about file_get_contents. It only pops up rarely, but obviously if it throws the layout of the site off it's pretty big. I guess I could build in error handling, but is there any way to have ads rechecked once in a while or so, or is this something that would not be picked up in the validation?

    As soon as I see the error again, I'll jot down the warning / error.

    I'll keep y'all posted :)
     
    bobafind, Aug 22, 2004 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    Is it something that exists within the ad_network_ads.txt file?
     
    digitalpoint, Aug 22, 2004 IP
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    #3
    Is it normal to have 30 or so <ad_break> tags with no ads in them at the end?

    example:
    <ad_break><ad_break><ad_break><ad_break><ad_break><ad_break><ad_break>
    <ad_break><ad_break><ad_break><ad_break><ad_break><ad_break><ad_break>
     
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    I've also wondered why I have an empty coop ad slot now and then. This must be why. Should I clear out ad_network_ads.txt?
     
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    #5
    No, you shouldn't have empty ones, but you can clear the file if you want to reset it.
     
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    Warning: file_get_contents(): URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /home/bobafind/www/ad_network.php on line 17

    Warning: file_get_contents(http://ads.digitalpoint.com/network.php?type=link): failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /home/bobafind/www/ad_network.php on line 17

    Maybe my server (virtual) disabled it after I had been in the network for a while (I had quite a few ads in the file)
     
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    Yeah, that looks like a server-side issue when URLs in fopen() being disabled.
     
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    My host has a fopen_url setting that is disabled by default. I enabled this and the ads started working again. What I don't understand is: if the setting was off by default, how was I able to pull down any ads in the first place?
     
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    It was on at some point. Maybe they changed the defaults (it's on in a default install of PHP).
     
    digitalpoint, Aug 23, 2004 IP