I've same issues too with the video search widget.

"simplexml_load_file(http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?vq=elgg&amp;orderby=relevance&amp;max-results=5) [<a href='function.simplexml-load-file'>function.simplexml-load-file</a>]: failed to open stream: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed

and

DOMDocument::load() [<a href='domdocument.load'>domdocument.load</a>]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity &quot;http://www.metacafe.com/api/videos/?vq=elgg&amp;orderby=relevance&amp;max-results=5&quot;"

ElggAutoP class ? Or ElggXMLParser ?

I'm gonna repost my problem in this thread:

I tried installing this: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_ajax_rss_reader.asp via the 'AnyPage' Elgg plugin. Putting the php file on the server and copy pasting the HTML inside the AnyPage plugin.

Warning: DOMDocument::load() [domdocument.load]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in/home/www/mydomain/newsrooms/getrss.php on line 16

Warning: DOMDocument::load(http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml) [domdocument.load]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /home/www/mydomain/newsrooms/getrss.php on line 16

Warning: DOMDocument::load() [domdocument.load]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity "http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml" in /home/www/mydomain/newsrooms/getrss.php on line 16

Fatal error: Call to a member function getElementsByTagName() on a non-object in/home/www/mydomain/newsrooms/getrss.php on line 20

I also tried putting the getrss.php file inside the Elgg root folder but I get the same error message. Is this a complex problem to solve or can anyone very easily point out how I can fix this? Any help is deeply appreciated. Thanks.

If this is a bug of the Elgg system, are the developers aware? Is there a fix we can deploy ourselves?

I have no idea what you're trying to do, but putting stuff in the core root folder is probably not a good idea unless you really know what you're doing.  The errors there aren't anything to do with elgg though, it's referencing the file you put there, so it's not an elgg issue.

Thanks Matt !

It's a news site on my elgg, pulling in RSS feeds. Here's the source:
http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_ajax_rss_reader.asp

I also tried putting the getrss.php file in:
1) Elgg root folder on the server
2) the elgg data folder outside the Elgg root folder

I don't get the 'URL file-access is disabled'

Matt Beckett, who were you answering in your reply? I egotistically just assumed it was me me me me me :)

Can I put the getrss.php file the root Elgg folder?

I have now turned on allow_url_fopen at my host, but I'm still getting the same errors.

You're better off turning your getrss into a plugin than adding things to root.  I don't know anything about the errors in that file, you'll have to debug that in the file itself.

Ok thanks Matt !