[Plugin: Simple Dropbox Upload] Error: Need to authorize plugin!

that is how my php5.ini looks like

register_globals = off
allow_url_fopen = off

expose_php = Off
max_input_time = 60
variables_order = “EGPCS”
extension_dir = ./
upload_tmp_dir = /tmp
precision = 12

SMTP = relay-hosting.secureserver.net
url_rewriter.tags = “a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=,fieldset=”

; Only uncomment zend optimizer lines if your application requires Zend Optimizer support

;[Zend]
;zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
;zend_extension_manager.optimizer=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer-3.3.3
;zend_extension_manager.optimizer_ts=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer_TS-3.3.3
;zend_extension=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer-3.3.3/ZendExtensionManager.so
;zend_extension_ts=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer_TS-3.3.3/ZendExtensionManager_TS.so

; — Be very careful to not to disable a function which might be needed!
; — Uncomment the following lines to increase the security of your PHP site.

;disable_functions = “highlight_file,ini_alter,ini_restore,openlog,passthru,
; phpinfo, exec, system, dl, fsockopen, set_time_limit,
; popen, proc_open, proc_nice,shell_exec,show_source,symlink”

Try to enable allow_url_fopen by setting it to allow_url_fopen = On

Also disable the plugin and re-enable it so you know your starting with a clean slate. You will have to authorize with dropbox again.

did all as you’ve said

now I’m getting this msg

Warning: include(HTTP/OAuth/Consumer.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/24/9370424/html/wp-content/plugins/simple-dropbox-upload-form/inc/Dropbox/OAuth/PEAR.php on line 47

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening ‘HTTP/OAuth/Consumer.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php’) in /home/content/24/9370424/html/wp-content/plugins/simple-dropbox-upload-form/inc/Dropbox/OAuth/PEAR.php on line 47
Error: The HTTP_OAuth_Consumer class could not be found! Did you install the pear HTTP_OAUTH class?
Fatal error: Call to a member function putFile() on a non-object in /home/content/24/9370424/html/wp-content/plugins/simple-dropbox-upload-form/wp-dropbox.php on line 211

according to godaddy they aren’t going to support it if your on a shared hosting plan. Since I don’t have access to a godaddy host I can not confirm this. Oauth is used by many services like facebook, twitter and the like so my guess is that godaddy uses that to upsell you to a VPS or Dedicated server. Godaddy Support

this is how the php5.ini looks now

register_globals = off
allow_url_fopen = On

expose_php = Off
max_input_time = 60
variables_order = "EGPCS"
extension_dir = ./
upload_tmp_dir = /tmp
precision = 12
include_path = ".:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/content/24/9370424/html/wp-content/plugins/simple-dropbox-upload-form/inc/Dropbox/pear_includes"
SMTP = relay-hosting.secureserver.net
url_rewriter.tags = "a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=,fieldset="

; Only uncomment zend optimizer lines if your application requires Zend Optimizer support

;[Zend]
;zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
;zend_extension_manager.optimizer=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer-3.3.3
;zend_extension_manager.optimizer_ts=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer_TS-3.3.3
;zend_extension=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer-3.3.3/ZendExtensionManager.so
;zend_extension_ts=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer_TS-3.3.3/ZendExtensionManager_TS.so

; -- Be very careful to not to disable a function which might be needed!
; -- Uncomment the following lines to increase the security of your PHP site.

;disable_functions = "highlight_file,ini_alter,ini_restore,openlog,passthru,
;		      phpinfo, exec, system, dl, fsockopen, set_time_limit,
;                     popen, proc_open, proc_nice,shell_exec,show_source,symlink"

Hi,
I also getting this problem with this plugin.Our server is immotionhost.

Warning: include(HTTP/OAuth/Consumer.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/myserver/public_html/site/wp-content/plugins/simple-dropbox-upload-form/inc/Dropbox/OAuth/PEAR.php on line 47

Warning: include(HTTP/OAuth/Consumer.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/myserver/public_html/site/wp-content/plugins/simple-dropbox-upload-form/inc/Dropbox/OAuth/PEAR.php on line 47

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening ‘HTTP/OAuth/Consumer.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/myserver/php’) in /home/myserver/public_html/site/wp-content/plugins/simple-dropbox-upload-form/inc/Dropbox/OAuth/PEAR.php on line 47
Error: The HTTP_OAuth_Consumer class could not be found! Did you install the pear HTTP_OAUTH class?
Fatal error: Call to a member function putFile() on a non-object in /home/myserver/public_html/site/wp-content/plugins/simple-dropbox-upload-form/wp-dropbox.php on line 210

When I try to authorize the plugin, I get this message:

Step 1: Pre-authorization acquired!

Fatal error: Cannot use object of type WP_Error as array in C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\simple-dropbox-upload-form\inc\Dropbox\OAuth\Wordpress.php on line 80

I also notice when I save my settings the pluin adds “\” to my first 3 directories. So instead of “C:xampp\” it saves as “C:\\xampp\\” Could this be causing the problem?

I honestly couldn’t tell you where to start since I have not tested it in a windows environment. The error you are getting is related to the built in oAuth feature of wordpress. One option you might want to try would be to open \inc\wpsdb_auth.php and find $oauth = new Dropbox_OAuth_Wordpress($consumerKey, $consumerSecret); around line 71 and change it to $oauth = new Dropbox_OAuth_Curl($consumerKey, $consumerSecret); and let me know if you get any error.

Ok so this is a development machine runnin on a local server
. Is it possible I will have to wait until I host it? I am going to be using Hostgator. And after I changed line 71. I got this error

Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘Dropbox_Exception’ with message ‘The PHP curl functions not available!’ in C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\simple-dropbox-upload-form\inc\Dropbox\OAuth\Curl.php:48 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\simple-dropbox-upload-form\inc\wpsdb_auth.php(71): Dropbox_OAuth_Curl->__construct(‘mh8bfs0l5u8dpnm’, ‘cnli9k1oeyiwo6k’) #1 [internal function]: wpsdbAuth->choice(”) #2 C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-includes\plugin.php(403): call_user_func_array(Array, Array) #3 C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-admin\admin-ajax.php(66): do_action(‘wp_ajax_choice’) #4 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\simple-dropbox-upload-form\inc\Dropbox\OAuth\Curl.php on line 48

if u have a team viewer account i will give u access to my files?

I do have team viewer but that will not help in this instance. The last error you got was because you don’t have CURL installed or enabled in your configuration. If you revert the previous file back to its original state, It should work when you upload your files to hostgator. Once you revert the file, disable the plugin so that it removes any configuration settings it may have set since I am assuming you are moving to a linux box that will not support the settings saved by this plugin in a windows environment. This will likely be the case for most plugins of the plugins you are settings if that plugin has saved the file path in windows format.

Got it. I kinda figured that. I will look into installing CURL for the time being. I appreciate your help and hard work to making Dropbox efficient.