<p>Type <code>php --ini</code> in your server environment, it should tells you where the <code>.ini</code> files are getting loaded.</p>
<p>Then set</p>
<pre><code>allow_url_fopen = 1
</code></pre>

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2020-07-31T14:44:52.383Z
^ - I'll add this is noted in the docs here: https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/requirements.html#optional-php-methods-and-configurations
Brad Bell
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2020-07-31T05:03:55.783Z
2020-07-31T05:03:55.783Z
Jinzhe
<p>I'm pretty new to CraftCMS and am trying to install updates for a client. I am getting this error and I don't really know what it means. Any help of brief explanation for this would be appreciated.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Error: The &quot;https://asset-packagist.org/packages.json&quot; file could not
be downloaded: allow_url_fopen must be enabled in php.ini (https://
wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow_url_fopen=0
failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found) Output:
Loading composer repositories with package information.</p>
</blockquote>

<php><error><json>
Error when trying to update Craft
# Error when trying to update Craft

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-07-30)

I'm pretty new to CraftCMS and am trying to install updates for a client. I am getting this error and I don't really know what it means. Any help of brief explanation for this would be appreciated.

> Error: The "https://asset-packagist.org/packages.json" file could not
> be downloaded: allow\_url\_fopen must be enabled in php.ini (https://
> wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow\_url\_fopen=0
> failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found) Output:
> Loading composer repositories with package information.

**Tags:** php, error, json

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-07-31. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Type php --ini in your server environment, it should tells you where the .ini files are getting loaded.
Then set
allow_url_fopen = 1

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: ^ - I'll add this is noted in the docs here: https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/requirements.html#optional-php-methods-and-configurations  

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