Hey, I need this done asap. I want to diable/deactivate open_basedir from my server so that it will allow my application to fetch data from other urls. I using Media Temple's Dv server with plesk. I tried few things but was not able to get it done. Because plesk seems to overwrite files. I am willing to pay $5 quickly through asap. I think if you know what you are doing, this might take 5 mins to fix. If interested, PM me with your gtalk id and we will get this done in next 5 mins. Thanks!
For remote url fetching, it 's probably allow_url_fopen and allow_url_include. Edit the php.ini file, restart Apache and it should work.