Curl

[zeriouz]

Hello - I just purchase news topica, but when I try to install it - it says that I need curl or I can't use RSS - which is kind of beside the point of me purchasing an RSS news thing. Yeah so - help?

zeriouz

[anon]

Contact your hosting provider. If they don't have Curl installed, Request them to do so.

[David]

Hi, most PHP installations contain cURL (a function in PHP).
It sounds like maybe your host does not have it installed.
Can you ask them?

[zeriouz]

okies I will go punch someone - bbs :)

zeriouz

[David]

ex. it is working fine for me with my hostgator.com and site5.com accounts.

[zeriouz]

Ok, I have someone fixing it. So, once it is installed, will the script work like normal - or will I have to reinstall it or something?

zeriouz

[anon]

The script will work fine.

Just get curl installed.

[zeriouz]

Ok, I got a message back saying I ahve to go into WHM and turn curl on.. but I already have it ticked on:

Curl (Version 7.15.3) [ticked]
Curl SSL Support (Version 2.8.27) [ticked]

Are those versions ok?

zeriouz

[anon]

http://us3.php.net/curl


Content visible to registered users only.

[anon]

Do me a favor...

add this code to a file and then rename the extesion to .php and upload it to your server.

code:

<?php
phpinfo()
?>

then call it: www.WhateverYourDomain.com/WhateverYouNameIt.php

then do a CTRL + F and search for curl.

you'll come to the header

curl
CURL support enabled
CURL Information libcurl/7.13.2 OpenSSL/0.9.7e zlib/1.2.2 libidn/0.5.13

then you'll know if you have libcurl installed and curl enabled.

[zeriouz]

It says:

CURL support enabled CURL Information libcurl/7.15.3 OpenSSL/0.9.7a zlib/1.2.1.2

zeriouz

[zeriouz]

When I go to:

/admin/rss_import_feeds.php?r=1

I get a blank white screen. Does that mean I don't have import RSS?

zeriouz

[zeriouz]

Also, I thought maybe it should be working so I created a category, then I went into that category and tried to import news from CNN. I got this error:

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: parser in /home/newssite/public_html/include/rss_parser.php on line 112

[zeriouz]

I am stumped :(

[David]

Well, the next step is going to be to PM me:
1) FTP Access
2) Admin Access
3) phpMyAdmin Access
This being a holiday weekend, it may take me a couple of days to get help for you.

Thanks,
David

[zeriouz]

Ok mate thanks - I sent you the details.

zeriouz

[zeriouz]

Some rss just showed up... did you fix it?

Or -- hmm.. what happened? It wasn't working before, and I didn't change anything. While you have the details, can you please check it anyway? I seriously got errors when I was trying to add RSS before, but I just looked at the websute and RSS is showing.

[David]

Newstopica 3.0 is still a little new, so don't totally blame yourself. :)
But yes, check your PM.

[zeriouz]

okies all sorted :)

Thanks mate!