Title: file_get_contents error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# file_get_contents error

 *  [option8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/option8/)
 * (@option8)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file_get_contents-error/)
 * i get this error on the first load of a page with this installed, but not on 
   subsequent loads:
 * > file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled
   > in the server configuration in…
 * i can’t seem to override the error with a php.ini tweak like
 * > allow_url_fopen = On
 * is there any other solution or suggestion to fix this?
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 * [file_get_contents](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/file_get_contents/)
 * [php.ini](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-ini/)

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 * Last reply from: [option8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/option8/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file_get_contents-error/)
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