Title: php function allow_url_fopen – enable or disable?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# php function allow_url_fopen – enable or disable?

 *  [stevostevo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevostevo/)
 * (@stevostevo)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-function-allow_url_fopen-enable-or-disable/)
 * To use the plugin “GEO My WordPress” does the php function allow_url_fopen need
   to be enabled or does curl_exec or curl_multi_exec need to be enabled?
 * For security purposes it’s mandatory to disable these functions. Yet, some plugins
   that access the google maps and geocode apis use them.
 * Thanks,
    Steve
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/geo-my-wp/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/geo-my-wp/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Eyal Fitoussi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ninjew/)
 * (@ninjew)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-function-allow_url_fopen-enable-or-disable/#post-4337524)
 * Hi stevo,
    Sorry for the delay. The plugin does not require url_fopen but it 
   might require curl_exec. In earliest version it used curl to geocode the address
   using Google API. However, In the later version I switched most/all functions
   to geocode using JavaScript.
 * I believe that you should ok to use the plugin.
 * Give it a shot

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 * Last reply from: [Eyal Fitoussi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ninjew/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-function-allow_url_fopen-enable-or-disable/#post-4337524)
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