[TYPO3] 4.0 Extension Manager Issues

[Ryan Off]

It turns out my webserver may be blocking outgoing connections  
regardless if curl or allow_url_fopen is turned on. Has anyone else  
had this issue. Is there any work around for it?

Ryan Off
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ryan at ryanoff.com
www.ryanoff.com



On 1 Jun 2006, at 17:09, Ryan Off wrote:

> Hans,
>
> Thank you. Unfortunately, that is not working for my setup. It may
> help to know that I am using Typo3 at a shared web host. I do not
> have access to apache\bin, instead I have a local copy of php.ini in
> every directory that overwrites the system settings. All my other
> changes to the php.ini seem to stick, but even though I un-comment
> "extension=php_curl.dll", I get the error:
>
> Fatal error: Unknown function: curl_init()
>
> So, it looks like Curl won't work for me. Any other suggestions? Is
> there a way I can test to make sure the external URL problem  is the
> issue. I don't seem to have any other issues with Typo3 4.0.  FYI, I
> do not get a list of servers in the "mirror selection" area Extension
> Manger Settings sections.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Ryan
>
>
>
>> Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 09:59:48 -0300
>> From: "Hans Peter Sorensen" <HansPS at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TYPO3] 4.0 Extension Manager Issues
>> To: typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de
>> Message-ID:
>> 	<mailman.1.1149166796.30759.typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de>
>>
>> Hey Ryan..had the same prob.
>>
>> Try this.
>> Go to apache\bin and open php.ini remove the ; in front of
>> extension=php_curl.dll
>> Go to your install tool and make a mark in the curluse checkbox.
>>
>> Hope it works for you as well
>>
>> Hans Peter
>>
>> "Ryan Off" <ryan at ryanoff.com> wrote in message
>> news:mailman.4645.1149163732.22948.typo3-
>> english at lists.netfielders.de...
>>
>>> After installing Typo3 4.0 I am not able to get in to the extension
>>> repository to download any other extensions. When I try to search  
>>> the
>>> extension repository I get the message:
>>>
>>> Error: The extension MD5 sum could not be fetched from
>>> extensions.md5.
>>> Possible reasons: network problems, allow_url_fopen  is off, curl
>>> is not
>>> enabled in Install tool.
>>>
>>> I have modified my php.ini file to have my resources at a high
>>> limit  (as
>>> shown below): allow_url_fopen = On
>>> max_execution_time = 120
>>> max_input_time = 120
>>> memory_limit = 256M
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on what could be the problem? I have checked the web  
>>> and
>>> mailing lists and not been able to find a solution. My web host is
>>> aplus.net.
>>>
>>> Ryan Off
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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