Title: [Plugin: TweetMe] Help with Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: TweetMe] Help with Error

 *  Resolved [dhinz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhinz/)
 * (@dhinz)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-tweetme-help-with-error/)
 * I get teh following error when I submit a new post. I believe it is something
   on my server and not related to tweetme other than it is using a function my 
   server doesnt’ like. Can someone tell me if:
    1. it is in fact an error on “my
   side” 2. ideas on what I need to do to fix my server (even though I probably 
   can’t as I’m at the mercy of the hosting company)
 * The error is:
 * > **Warning**: file_get_contents(): URL file-access is disabled in the server
   > configuration in …/K9AM/blog/wp-content/plugins/tweetme/tweetme.php on line
   > 76
   > **Warning**: file_get_contents([http://bit.ly/api?url=http://k9am.com/blog/2009/03/29/testing-tweetme/](http://bit.ly/api?url=http://k9am.com/blog/2009/03/29/testing-tweetme/)):
   > failed to
   >  open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in …/K9AM/blog/wpcontent/
   > plugins/tweetme/tweetme.php on line 76
 * The post to twitter includes the title but the shortened URL is missing (obviously
   due to this errant call)
    Thanks in Advance dan
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tweetme/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tweetme/)

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 *  [dagon-design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dagon-design/)
 * (@dagon-design)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-tweetme-help-with-error/#post-1035254)
 * You are correct. It has to do with the configuration of your server.
 * file_get_contents allows you to get the contents of a file (obviously). It is
   sometimes possible to supply it a URL, for example:
 * $data = file_get_contents(‘[http://example.com/whatever&#8217](http://example.com/whatever&#8217););
 * But some servers are configured (for various reasons) to now allow this, but 
   to only allow file_get_contents to be used on files on the server, using the 
   relative or absolute path to the file, for example:
 * $data = file_get_contents(‘myfile.txt’);
 * Unless you have control over the apache configuration on your web server and 
   can change the setting yourself, or a dedicated server, it is unlikely that your
   host would make this change, as they may have their own reasons for having the
   restriction in place.
 * The only option would then be to modify the script so that it does not use the
   URL to fetch the file (assuming the file in question is on your server).
 *  [dagon-design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dagon-design/)
 * (@dagon-design)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-tweetme-help-with-error/#post-1035255)
 * I took a look at the code of that plugin. Here is the function responsible:
 *     ```
       function tweetme_bitly_link($id) {
         $link = get_permalink($id);
       	return file_get_contents('http://bit.ly/api?url=' . $link);
       }
       ```
   
 * Now that I look, I see that it is indeed trying to pull data from a remote server.
   To use the API at bit.ly
 * You can try to see if your host will make the settings change, but if not, another
   alternative would be to modify the plugin so that it uses another method, such
   as CURL, but CURL would have to be installed on your server as well.
 * Here is an example function to mimic the file_get_contents function using CURL:
 * [http://snipplr.com/view/4084/curl-replacement-for-filegetcontents/](http://snipplr.com/view/4084/curl-replacement-for-filegetcontents/)
 * Hope that helps!
 *  Thread Starter [dhinz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhinz/)
 * (@dhinz)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-tweetme-help-with-error/#post-1035400)
 * DD-
    Thanks for the confirmation and suggestions.
 * I’m hosted on goDaddy and they claim that they don’t disable or hamper any of
   the php functions. That being said, I decided to look in the php configuration
   file that THEY created on account setup and could see that there was a line that
   had disabled the URL access for the fle_get_contents function.
 * A quick edit of the php configuration file changing “OFF” to “ON” and I’m in 
   business! Thanks again for the help.
 *  [LifeIncome](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lifeincome/)
 * (@lifeincome)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-tweetme-help-with-error/#post-1035520)
 * i changed servers and redownloaded tweetme but it tells me my password is wrong
   when i know it’s the right one.
 * please advise,
 * steve
 *  [theguitarmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theguitarmaster/)
 * (@theguitarmaster)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-tweetme-help-with-error/#post-1035522)
 * This thread is very closely related to [this one](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/262110?replies=4#post-1046388).
 * I had the same problem with auth, which is now fixed, I thnk by the latest release
   that come out yesterday.
 * However, The tweet isn’t working, and I get this in my error log:
 *     ```
       [Wed Apr 15 11:35:30 2009] [error] Posting: New Blog Post: My New Guitar and Music Website! http://bit.ly/2kLZ0i
       [Wed Apr 15 11:35:31 2009] [error] Error: 400
       ```
   
 * Any ideas? Anyone lese having the same problem? I wonder if this is the code,
   or another server side issue. twitter’s api documentation states that a 400 is
   returned when the rate-limit is exceeded…
 *  [theguitarmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theguitarmaster/)
 * (@theguitarmaster)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-tweetme-help-with-error/#post-1035528)
 * All working nicely now. New release fixed it. Thanks!
 *  anonymized-1757117
 * (@anonymized-1757117)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-tweetme-help-with-error/#post-1035529)
 * Hi All,
 * I have [just released 1.2.3](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tweetme/) which
   hopefully fixes both the login error, and the fact that some people where not
   seeing anything on twitter.
 * [@dhinz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhinz/) can I suggest you install
   my [RevCanonical](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/revcanonical/) plugin, 
   which means that you generate and host your own short urls, and tweetme will 
   use these instead. A win win situation.
 * Duncan

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