PHP5 giving failed to open stream: HTTP request failed error when using fopen

Question

This problem seems to have been discussed in the past everywhere on google and here, but I have yet to find a solution.

A very simple fopen gives me a

Answer 1

Check that your php.ini config is set to allow fopen to open external URL's:

allow_url_fopen "1"

http://www.php.net/manual/en/filesystem.configuration.php#ini.allow-url-fopen