About the Pligg Update Module
Brief Description: This module will notify you from the admin panel if a new version of Pligg is out.

Pligg stores your version number in your MySQL database. Each time you upgrade Pligg CMS it will update this number to match the version of Pligg that you are upgrading to. This module takes that number and compares it to the current version number that Pligg places on the official download page (http://www.pligg.com/download.php). If the version number on the download page is greater than the number installed it will add a notice to the Pligg admin panel (see image above).

To reduce the number of times that this module calls out to pligg.com I have added a cache function to it so that it will only check for updates once a day. This way it won't be pinging pligg.com every time you visit an admin panel page.

cURL Requirement
This module was written for users who have cURL installed on their server. If you don't have cURL installed see the "Curl Installation Tutorials" section of this post for resources to help you out. If you don't know if you have cURL installed I've provided a test PHP file that you can run from your web browser that will tell you whether cURL and if the function file_get_contents is enabled. To test for cURL upload the module and then visit /modules/pligg_update/curl_test.php from your web browser.

Curl Installation
In some cases cURL will be preconfigured and installed on your server, but it might be disabled from your php.ini file. If you find that cURL is not enabled on your server you should first check if the line below exists in your php.ini configuration file. If you find that line with a semicolon in front of it, remove the semicolon, save the file, restart Apache and try the curl_test.php file again.

extension=php_curl.dll

If you find that cURL has not been installed on your server you can use the links below to attempt to install it on your own. You could also try contacting a server administrator or your hosting company for support.

• Manual cURL installation instructions
• Install cURL using Cpanel's EasyApache instructions

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