d13slideshow for WordPress and "URL file-access is disabled"

Question

I'm taking my chances with WordPress 3.0 beta 1 (single user)

Unfortunately, i ran into problems with d13slideshow. I configured the plugin to display 5 latest from a category, added <?php d13slideshow(); ?> to home.php, but it bombed:

function.getimagesize: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /<snip>/wp-content/plugins/d13slideshow/d13slideshow.php on line 538 Warning: getimagesize(http://&lt;snip&gt;/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/featured-2-580x386.jpg) function.getimagesize: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /<snip>/wp-content/plugins/d13slideshow/d13slideshow.php on line 538

Is this a problem with the php setup or is there something I can do with the plugin or the function call from the template files to make it work?

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/d13slideshow/

Answer 1

It seems to be a configuration stuff... you will have to edit your php.ini and change the allow_url_include option from Off to On. For example

# nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
; Whether to allow include/require to open URLs (like http:// or ftp://) as files.
allow_url_include = On

Then, you will have to restart apache:

# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

You will have to use the correct paths for your server ;)

Tell me if that works...

Answer 2

You may not have access to your php.ini file due to hosting restrictions. Ask you host or check for an update to that plugin.