Lack of fopen is a PHP configuration issue. Doesn’t have anything to do with IIS.
You would change this setting in the PHP.INI file.
Hmm, ok in php.ini I have allow_url_fopen = On
Is there something else?
I’m not sure I can help, but…
You mentioned what other people were having a problem with, but all you’ve noted is that you are “trying to activate the Akismet Spam filter.” That neither tells us what your problem really is, nor helps us figure out if we can point to a solution.
Also, have you tried notifying the Akismet folk about your issue?
http://akismet.com/contact/
And regardless that you have a php.ini file, I’m still not sure that “fopen” is anything that will work under IIS.
You probably just need to get on a linux server.
“And regardless that you have a php.ini file, I’m still not sure that “fopen” is anything that will work under IIS.“
Really? Works here.
There certainly can be issues with fopen() in an IIS environment (typically dealing with permissions). That doesn’t mean everyone will run into them.
All that is beside the point. After all, who can tell me what Akismet needs with fopen()?
Huh…. had a couple of clients who were “those who ran into them” then I guess.
Actually…. I can’t remember that I’ve ever had a client able to get fopen going on IIS – which is why they’re all on linux now….
I’m with both of ya — I’ve had one work by default and one that needed a small adjustment (fopen on IIS).
But… as Kaf noted, what is akismet doing with fopen?
And that’s a question to which I don’t have an answer, since I wouldn’t use akismet under any circumstances…. spam karma 2 and bad behavior for me all the way!
[Being the nosy bitch I am, I just dug around in the latest akismet distro – no mention of “fopen()” at all. So it’s an even bigger mystery, ain’t?]
Akismet connects to the Akismet.com servers using fsockopen(). The host it connects to is <YOUR_KEY>.rest.akismet.com, and it connects on port 80.
So double check that you entered your key correctly. No spaces before or after, that sort of thing.
Ok, if I can’t get it working, what other spam plug ins do you all recommend?
