[mythtv-users] Mythweb and allow_url_fopen in php 5.3

[Tom Dexter]

I'm running mythtv/mythweb 0.23.1.  I just did an update on my Gentoo
backend.  Part of it included a change where php 5.3 is now in a
separate slot (so you can essentially have both running and switch
them if you want). This resulted in a new directory with a new default
php.ini.  After that I had all blank pixmaps.

I've been able to fix it but the fix has me dumbfounded.  My old php.ini had:

allow_url_open = Off

...whereas the new one had:

allow_url_fopen = Off

...note the fopen rather than open.  According to the php docs,
allow_url_fopen is actually the correct setting as far as I can see,
but my pixmaps are broken unless I change it to
allow_url_open....WTF??

Anyone know what that's all about?  I make my living programming
mostly in php these days and that's a new one for me.

Tom