Changed apps to work without allow_url_fopen
For some time my apps on ctrlw.net failed to work, after the admins had changed allow_url_fopen to false. That’s fine since it increases security, but I had to spend some time now to make everything work again.
The Geocoder wasn’t much hassle, basically following the instructions on http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Allow_url_fopen and replacing the fopen call by a few lines with curl commands.
The online kaleidoscope took more time, but it was worth it. The rework also improves speed and caching a little bit, while for security reasons I now only allow pictures on flickr’s servers to be kaleidoscoped. And I moved everything to my Dreamhosted domain ctrl-w.net, the same place as this blog.
Ah, and I just created a small page about the kaleidoscopr in this blog, which explains the basics of its use.