URL file-access is disabled

[eluser]danmontgomery[/eluser]
[quote author="NMTeck" date="1280443047"]However, if I put file_get_contents in a file that doesn't run through CI, I do not get the errors above. Can anyone help me figure out what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks in advance.[/quote]

Does it work? Or do you just not get the error message?