# allow\_url\_include is turned off **URL:** \ **Category:** General PHP Help\ **Created:** [August 17, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.phphelp.com/t/allow-url-include-is-turned-off/11391 "2008-08-17T17:45:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vkwd](https://www.phphelp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@vkwd](https://www.phphelp.com/u/vkwd)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.phphelp.com/t/allow-url-include-is-turned-off/11391/1 "2008-08-17T17:45:54Z")
I have a site [http://www.airbiopf.org](http://www.airbiopf.org) .it is html/css.I am novice about php.I wanted to download feeds from rssreader on my site. As directed by the rss site I created a file rssfeeds.php.and uploaded in my public\_html directory.I edited .htaccess and added .html/.htm extensions through apache handlers.However, the feeds could not be seen on the site.The same feeds can be seen in macromedia dreamweaver when the php code is inserted in html.The rss site advised that allow\_url\_include is turned off on my sever site. when I contaced my ISP , they have replied that allowed\_url\_include is off, since it is shared hosting, for security purpose we do not allow this. You need to contact script author for alternate solution. I donot know anything about scripts and solutions.Is there a way out for people like me.I am highly thankful to all. vkwd ---
**Author:** ![Zyppora](https://www.phphelp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@Zyppora](https://www.phphelp.com/u/Zyppora)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://www.phphelp.com/t/allow-url-include-is-turned-off/11391/2 "2008-08-18T13:16:05Z")
I can’t imagine you requiring allow\_url\_include to read a remote RSS feed in PHP. Is it not possible to just use fsockopen() to initiate a connection to the remote server and request the RSS feed like a normal HTTP request? I’m not sure if fsockopen() requires allow\_url\_fopen to be enabled, but it’s worth trying it out.