cURL or PHP Problem.

[deelow66]

Hey,
Restoring some forums tonight and after i bigdump the sql, and rebuild the language, i get this error while trying to post or see any old thread...

" CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when in safe_mode or an open_basedir "

and then a big list of errors, from trying to shorten down the urls, or into bitly..vb2twitter mod..werid?
I checked to see, but open_basedir = is blank and php safe_mode is off..?
I have checked and see I have to do a bypass or something maybe >< cmon, help me im stoned.

deelow66 Reviewed by deelow66 on 30th Apr 2010. cURL or PHP Problem. Hey, Restoring some forums tonight and after i bigdump the sql, and rebuild the language, i get this error while trying to post or see any old thread... " CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION cannot be activated when in safe_mode or an open_basedir " and then a big list of errors, from trying to shorten down the urls, or into bitly..vb2twitter mod..werid? I checked to see, but open_basedir = is blank and php safe_mode is off..? I have checked and see I have to do a bypass or something maybe >< Rating: 5

[Gavo]

I would remove the mod using curl when posting... sounds strange

enable open_basedir and leave it like that for security.

you may be able to remove the line CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION if you really want the mod that uses curl

[Whoo]

Try moving curlopt_followlocation line between this:

if(ini_get('safe_mode')){
    //Paste code here
} 

This isn't a solution but it safer code to execute. I used to have the problem with a crawler I ran on another server.

[litewarez]

I had this problem a long time back and its due to the fact that curl is only a php module and not part of the php core, therefore it doesn't know values of base_dir etc etc

there's 1 possible workaround for you to use without compromising your safe_mode setting

Please check
http://au.php.net/manual/ro/function...topt.php#71313

heres an example usage for you

function curl($url)
{
    $go = curl_init($url);
    curl_setopt ($go, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    //follow on location problems

    if (ini_get('open_basedir') == '' && ini_get('safe_mode' == 'Off'))
    {
        curl_setopt ($go, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, $l);
        $syn = curl_exec($go);
    }else
    {
        $syn = curl_redir_exec($go);
    }
    curl_close($go);
    return $syn;
}
*
function curl_redir_exec($ch)
{
    static $curl_loops = 0;
    static $curl_max_loops = 20;
    if ($curl_loops++>= $curl_max_loops)
    {
        $curl_loops = 0;
        return FALSE;
    }
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    $data = curl_exec($ch);
    list($header, $data) = explode("\n\n", $data, 2);
    $http_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    if ($http_code == 301 || $http_code == 302)
    {
        $matches = array();
        preg_match('/Location:(.*?)\n/', $header, $matches);
        $url = @parse_url(trim(array_pop($matches)));
        if(!$url)
        {
            //couldn't process the url to redirect to
            $curl_loops = 0;
            return $data;
        }
        $last_url = parse_url(curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL));
        if(!$url['scheme']){
            $url['scheme'] = $last_url['scheme'];
        }
        if(!$url['host'])
        {
            $url['host'] = $last_url['host'];
        }
        if(!$url['path'])
        {
            $url['path'] = $last_url['path'];
        }
        $new_url = $url['scheme'] . '://' . $url['host'] . $url['path'] . ($url['query']?'?'.$url['query']:'');
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $new_url);
        return curl_redir_exec($ch);
    }else
    {
        $curl_loops=0;
        return $data;
    }
} 

[deelow66]

Fixed, thanks mate.