Getting "Invalid File" error when uploading avatars via URL
 

When trying to upload a user avatar image from a URL I get an "Invalid URL" error. Uploading avatar images from my computer works fine though. This seems to be happening for all usergroups. As far as I can tell, I have all the image sizes set correctly. Not sure what else to say because thats the only error im getting. In image settings, I have "GD" selected for the image processing library, if that matters.

Any input is appreciated.

This could be because of the allow_fopen_url setting in PHP. See if it's set to true or false.

I checked my phpinfo page and it was indeed off, so I used in my etc/php.ini file to turn it on, didnt seem to solve the issue though. Any other ideas?

Did you restart apache after making the change? And does it show as changed under Maintenance > PHP Info?

Im on MediaTemples Grid servers and "apparently" apache doesnt need to be restarted. Im not sure how true this is though. I checked my phpinfo page after i saved the change and it was changed to "On".

Is the image you are trying to upload within the allowed avatar size? Can we get a link to one that is giving the error? Is there anything in your error_logs (if you don't know where they are, ask your host) at the time you get the error?

Yes its within my set sizes:
http://prntscr.com/8b31cz

Heres the image im trying, but i've tried several others:
http://i.imgur.com/clURxVI.png

I did notice though that when I upload from my computer that i can still upload an image exceeding the size and it seems to automatically resize it. Just fyi.

I dont see anything related to this in my servers error logs either.

EDIT: So I came across this bug in the tracker: http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIII-11010. This states its for vB 3.7.1 and a fix was uploaded and it was supposed to be fixed in 3.7.2. I downloaded the replacement class_vurl.php and tried it out and it seemed to of worked....but im using vBulletin 4.2.3. It seems a bug has reappeared or..?