[Plugin: Minecraft Validator] URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration

This is due to the way your server has PHP configured. I’ve got an update almost ready which will resolve this issue (taking url-file-access out of the loop completely).

Hi!

Thanks for the response. Looking forward to it!

Regards,
Tup.

I probably know you don’t want asked, but I am having the same issue, Is there a work around until the update, or… how soon can I expect the update ??

Thanks

Quick fix… edit minecraft-validator.php and find the following code:

$mcacct = file_get_contents( 'https://www.minecraft.net/haspaid.jsp?user=' . rawurlencode( $login ) );

Replace it with the following:

$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://www.minecraft.net/haspaid.jsp?user='.rawurlencode($login));
$mcacct = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

It gave me this error now when I go to my home page.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=', expecting ')' in /data/23/2/92/9/2255824/user/2479171/htdocs/minecraftnyc/Forum/wp-content/plugins/minecraft-validator/minecraft-validator.php on line 50

Here is that entire section of the code after making the change you told me to.

/* Check account on minecraft.net */
function verify_mc_account($login, $email, $errors) {
    $curl = curl_init();
	curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
	curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://www.minecraft.net/haspaid.jsp?user='.rawurlencode($login));
	$mcacct = curl_exec($curl);
	curl_close($curl);
    if ( $mcacct != 'true' ) {
        if ( $mcacct == 'false' ) {
            $errors->add('mc_error',__('<strong>ERROR:</strong> Minecraft account is invalid.'));
            return $errors;
        } else {
            $errors->add('mc_error',__('<strong>ERROR:</strong> Unable to contact minecraft.net.'));
            return $errors;
        }
        add_filter('registration_errors', 'verify_mc_account', 10, 3);
    }

Anyway you could copy the text of a working file, or email it to me.

thanks for the quick reply!

I have played with the code but no matter what changes I make it’s always line 50 that errors, I think that another piece of code it looking for something on that line… any ideas?

This file worked for me!

MCV has been updated to v1.3! This update fixes the aforementioned issue, as well as cleans up a LOT of unnecessary code and better handles rewriting the login page!

Marking as resolved.