Title: Error, allow_file_open – curl
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error, allow_file_open – curl

 *  [chrillo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrillo/)
 * (@chrillo)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-allow_file_open-curl/)
 * HI
 * is spent the entire day looking for a way to integrate picasa into my new blow
   [http://www.chrillo.info](http://www.chrillo.info) and found that your plugin
   is the most promising. But its not working, I get this error:
 * > Error: your PHP configuration does not allow kPicasa Gallery to connect to 
   > Picasa Web Albums. Please ask your administrator to enable allow_url_fopen 
   > or cURL.
 * I use WP 2.3. the thing is I have PHP 5 and both of the requested features are
   on –> [phpinfo()](http://www.chrillo.info/info.php), any idea where the problem
   is?
 * thanks, christoph

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 *  [kag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kag/)
 * (@kag)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-allow_file_open-curl/#post-680088)
 * First, make sure you have the right username in Admin / Options / kPicasa Gallery.
   
   Second, make sure that you are simply calling kPicasa in your post/page with 
   this command: KPICASA_GALLERY
 * Previously you had to put KPICASA_GALLERY(username), but as of 0.1.0 the parenthesis
   and its content are no longer needed.
 * The error handling is not as robust as it could be (will be fixed). For example,
   using an invalid username will return the error you’re seeing. I know it is misleading!
 * Let me know how it goes!
 *  Thread Starter [chrillo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrillo/)
 * (@chrillo)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-allow_file_open-curl/#post-680139)
 * hi
 * I double checked the KPICASA_GALLERY and I guess if it would be wrong I wouldnt
   get an error at all since it then would not execute. I allready suspected my 
   username to be the problem allthough I am hundert percent shure it is spelled
   correctly. its “chrillo.at” – is it possible that there are some syntax restrictions
   like i cant have that dot in my user name? Or mybe you can give it a try on a
   runing gallery of your and simply change the username to this one.
 * thanks for the quick reply
 *  Thread Starter [chrillo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrillo/)
 * (@chrillo)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-allow_file_open-curl/#post-680169)
 * HI
    I worked my way into your code and I now found the place where the problem
   is happening. I tried to change the code till i finally found out that even though
   my php info tells me curl is on I get this error: ERROR
 * The requested URL could not be retrieved
 * While trying to retrieve the URL: [http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/chrillo.at](http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/chrillo.at)?
 * The following error was encountered:
 * Access Denied.
    Access control configuration prevents your request from being
   allowed at this time. Please contact your service provider if you feel this is
   incorrect.
 * Your cache administrator is root.
    Generated Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:13:12 GMT by
   hproxy.world4you.com (squid/2.5.STABLE6)
 * fopen doesn’t work either, I guess I’ll have to talk to my ISP about hat.
 * regards christoph
 *  [kag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kag/)
 * (@kag)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-allow_file_open-curl/#post-680186)
 * Great if you can work it out with your ISP.
    Although it’s weird that the server
   is reporting that cURL is activated, yet you can’t make a request.
 * Good luck, and keep me updated if there’s something new!
 *  Thread Starter [chrillo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrillo/)
 * (@chrillo)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-allow_file_open-curl/#post-680208)
 * OK now its working [http://www.chrillo.info/photos/](http://www.chrillo.info/photos/).
   The Problem was that my ISP does not block these features via the php.ini but
   uses some other server-admin tool to block outgoing connections for security 
   reasons. They now just unlocked the google domain and it works.
    **So for everybody
   who reads this, the phpinfo() does not give you certainty about the features 
   being enabled or not. Go Ask your Webspacehost**
 *  [vzew0htj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vzew0htj/)
 * (@vzew0htj)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-allow_file_open-curl/#post-680211)
 * what does “out of memory56” mean?

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