[jhightman]

Thanks for the info Lynne...

I tried some of the rss ones already. Gave the XML one a shot.

got these errors

Warning: fopen() [function.fopen]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /nfs/c03/h02/mnt/52567/domains/xxxxxxxxxxxx/html/test.php on line 95

Warning: fopen(http://forums.xxxxxxxxxxx/external.php?type=xml) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /nfs/c03/h02/mnt/52567/domains/xxxxxxxx/html/test.php on line 95

Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /nfs/c03/h02/mnt/52567/domains/xxxxxxxxx/html/test.php on line 97

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /nfs/c03/h02/mnt/52567/domains/xxxxxxxxxx/html/test.php on line 102

--------------- Added [DATE]1228106849[/DATE] at [TIME]1228106849[/TIME] ---------------

going to follow this and see if it helps out.

http://www.tubepress.net/url-file-ac...iguration.html

--------------- Added [DATE]1228107588[/DATE] at [TIME]1228107588[/TIME] ---------------

ok that fixed the issue. Thanks Lynne for the links.. the code there is perfect. The issue was:

the php.ini file on my server. Fortunately I was able to edit this myself to say ( allow_url_fopen = 1 ) problem solved.