Hi all, I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to PHP and scripts so forgive me if I'm trying to execute something that is not allowed, however I recently added a script to my PHPBB forum that was meant to query the website WoWhead for World of Warcraft armor and weapons, and allow them to be linked in, however when the SQL system goes to query WoW head I get this error:
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /wowhead/includes/functions.php on line 13: fsockopen() has been disabled for security reasons
Socket opening failed. Socket failed because:

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Now i've gone into SQL and allowed the database all the access, but this doesnt seem to have made the slightest difference. Am I missing something I should be doing or is querying on port 80 just not allowed?
Any assistance would be great!

Website URL is http://www.cos-guild.clanteam.com/forums
In order to restore functionality to the forums ive created a controlled area where this is happening, if you go into "Guild News and Announcements", then attempt to open "WoW Head links - Test page" you should get the error I see.

Hi,

We do not allow fsockopen because it enables users to remotely share data from external sites, and is a huge security risk for us. In the near future, we will enable this for a very small fee - but at the moment it is not possible to enable fsockopen, sorry.

Ah that makes sense, thanks very much for the quick response Jack!