Topic: include(): https:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow_url

[smokie]

Bluehost updated apache to 2.4.39 on server last night, plus some more php 7 versions, now get this message on some scripts.

include(): https:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow_url_include=0

Checked the php.ini and it isnt set to off

allow_url_include = On

what could be causing this have tried
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/.... etc

but still fails.

Any pointers much appreciated

[smokie]

Think I have cracked it, 

Time will tell

[rrrick8]

I have Bluehost VPS but haven't come across this yet.
It could be beneficial if you post your solution in case it does come up.

[smokie]

I was waiting to be sure, it turns out my old Apache allowed php.ini to be in root for sub domains as well

Just dropped php.ini into sub domain, working now

[saratogaWX]

Most hosters will disallow having

allow_url_include = On

as it is an unsafe practice .. doing an include() from a http/https source means  you want to fetch AND HAVE PHP PARSE the results.  It's an easy way for malware to arrive on the target page.

A safer way to do that (and only requires allow_url_fopen = on to be set) is to use

readfile(<http or https URL>) instead to read and print the resulting data on the page or

$page = file_get_contents(<http or https URL>);
print $page;

which does the same.

[smokie]

I use it to decode RSS feeds, I will have to look for  another solution