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Error with Server Side calls to external websites

May 21, 2012 12:30pm

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  • #1 / May 21, 2012 12:30pm

    rebeccaod

    20 posts

    We seem to returning errors on multiple different calls to external websites where a server side call no longer returns any information. For example, on our admin homepage, we receive this error:

      An unexpected error occurred attempting to download the current ExpressionEngine version number. Please visit your Download Account to verify you are on the current version. If this error persists, please contact your system administrator

    We also receive an error when trying to process an HTTP_REQUEST.

    Also a simplexml_load_file:
      simplexml_load_file(http://www.website.com/statistics/index.xml) [function.simplexml-load-file]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed!
    Filename: libraries/Functions.php(680) : eval()‘d code Line Number: 126 A PHP Error was encountered
    Severity: Warning
    Message: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity

    A soap call:
          $result_array = $soapclient->call(‘CreateUser’, $params );
      nothing is returned (result_array is set to “false”)

    Is there some setting that we could have turned on/off to make these errors occur? Why can we no longer return data from external websites? We thought the issue might be with our version so we upgraded from 2.3 to 2.5 and still the errors are occurring.

  • #2 / May 22, 2012 12:06pm

    Shane Eckert

    7174 posts

    Hello rebeccaod,

    I am sorry to hear you are running into this problem.

    This is a server setting and fall outside of ExpressionEngine.

    Can you call your hosting provider and let them know?

    If you would like you can disable the version check. In the Control Panel go to Admin->General Configuration and disable the version check.

    Please let me know what your hosting provider says.

    Cheers,

  • #3 / May 22, 2012 12:28pm

    rebeccaod

    20 posts

    Looks like there was an issue with the hosting, and thank you for letting me know how to disable the version check.

  • #4 / May 24, 2012 3:10pm

    Shane Eckert

    7174 posts

    Hey rebeccaod,

    Glad to hear this is resolved! Awesome!

    If you need anything else, please just let me know by opening a new thread.

    Cheers,

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