To remedy the problem, I substituted the call, in 2 places, with the PHP4 equivalent calls. file_put_contents(..) is a shortcut convenience method which is the same as calling fopen(..), fwrite(..) and fclose(..).

As of version 1.1.3 of the plugin the code is under wp-content/plugins/wordpress-mobile-pack/plugins/wpmp_transcoder/ in your WordPress install directory. The 2 occurrences are in the file wpmp_transcoder.php on lines 431 and 448 respectively.

I changed

@file_put_contents($full_location, $data);

.. to ..

$fhout = @fopen($full_location, "w" );
@fwrite($fhout, $data);
@fclose( $fhout );


.. and ..


@file_put_contents("$full_location.meta", "< ?php $"."width='$width';$"."height='$height';$"."type='$type'; ?>");

.. to ..

$fhmeta = @fopen( "$full_location.meta", "w" );
@fwrite( $fhmeta, "< ?php $"."width='$width';$"."height='$height';$"."type='$type'; ?>");
@fclose( $fhmeta );

.. and all was well again.

You could also just not use the “Shrink images” feature to avoid having to mess with any code!

I happen to use KB Advanced RSS Widget, on the IrelandOffline site, but I believe most RSS widgets/plugins for WordPress use.

The issue in my case, was a a simple apostrophe, on a vBulletin forum, being converted to a fancy apostrophe (character \x92).

The most recent Magpie RSS version (v0.72 at time of writing) handles this OK. So to update your WordPress installation to use this most recent release of Magpie RSS, do the following:

• Download Magpie RSS from here.
• Extract the contents, and rename/copy rss_fetch.inc to rss.php.
• Copy that new rss.php file, all the *.inc files, the extlib directory, and scripts directory to the directory wp-includes within your WordPress base install directory.
• Make sure file and directory permissions are OK (usually 644 and 755, respectively). Also make sure you pass on the license information, for Magpie RSS, if required to do so!

Bear in mind that this might affect future WordPress updates, or exploit checking (because you’ve modified the base rss.php installed).

No support is provided, and you’re free to do with this script as you wish (be nice and leave the notice/credits intact).

Download

Download: Joomla2WordPress v1.0 zip file (~6KB).

Installation

From the enclosed readme.txt:

Installation
============
+ Unzip the downloaded zip file in your WordPress install
directory, and this will create a new joomla2wordpress directory.
+ In that new directory, edit config.php and supply the details
for the Joomla and WordPress databases.
+ Visit that new folder in your browser, and follow the instructions.
I.e. If your blog URL is http://www.myblog.com/wordpress/, then visit
http://www.myblog.com/wordpress/joomla2wordpress/ and follow instructions.

Screenshots

Leave a comment below if you need help. Be warned, though, it’ll be slow coming and might not come at all!