IIS 7 and PHP and PHPBB3 and Issues - blank index page

[pityocamptes]

I checked over at the phpbb3 forums and no one really knows. Godaddy has no clue either - looks like I may be changing hosts soon...I am running a site over on Godaddy (windows IIS7) and have a phpbb3 3.05 forum on the server along with a front side asp page that contains links to the forum and other stuff.

I bought coffeecup news ticker software as I wanted to include this on the main index of my phpbb3 forum. Works perfect on MY computer at home. However, according to the software makers allow_url_fopen needs to be on to get the live feed. So I created a php5.ini file in the root of the server (server is running php 5.x) and turned on allow_url_fopen = on and magic_quotes_gpc = on.

I checked the phpinfo.php file I had and allow_url_fopen is in fact on. However, when I do this my ENTIRE site goes blank in the browser. No "View Source" info, nothing! When I change the php5.ini file back to allow_url_fopen = off and magic_quotes_gpc = off the site eventually comes back up, after the server picks up the changes.

What gives? I don't understand why this is happening. Is it the php5.ini file? The allow_url_fopen = on / magic_quotes_gpc = on files? Suggestions, advice, appreciated! Thanks!

[edited by: phranque at 9:07 am (utc) on Nov. 19, 2009]

[phranque]

welcome to WebmasterWorld [webmasterworld.com], pityocamptes!

did you ever solve this?