file_get_contents() error upon home post-edit casued by server settings

Issue Summary

Sorry to post this here, but wanted to make note of it somehow.

My home module site began throwing errors the other day (february 2008), such as:

warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /edited_out.com/html/sites/all/modules/home/home.module on line 1326.

This was on a site hosting by media temple.

Well, it turns out the a recent server change discussed here:
http://kb.mediatemple.net/article.php?id=793

Had disabled the gmaps address information system, because the recovery process uses a remote file get (I think that is how it works).

I used the php.ini solution (outlined on the linked page, and posted below) for the present to restore service.

temp solution:

added this to my php.ini file:

allow_url_fopen = On

(fyi, I am using the module from the original home site, pre drupal site publishing, so my page lines may vary, also have a number of custom weight control modifications, and some other stuff)

Will Kirchheimer