can't include 'http...foo.php', but can include 'http...foo.txt'

[paul13]

This seems weird, but when I use the following code,

include 'http://www.foo.com/includes.php';

includedfunction();

I am told that it is a call to an undefined function, but
'includedfunction' is on the server.

the following includes work fine, and the run the called function with
no trouble:

include 'http://www.foo.com/includes.phtml';
include 'http://www.foo.com/includes.txt';

all three include.php,.phtml & .txt are on the server and are exactly
identical. I am running php version 4.1.1. Anyone have any ideas?

[Senator Jay Billington Bulworth]

In article <76*************************@posting.google.com> ,
go**********@paul13.com (paul13) wrote:

This seems weird, but when I use the following code,

include 'http://www.foo.com/includes.php';

includedfunction();

I am told that it is a call to an undefined function, but
'includedfunction' is on the server.

The include statement is include()'ing the _output_ of
http://www.foo.com/includes.php, not the contents of the file.

To demonstrate thist point, load http://www.foo.com/includes.php in your
browser and look for your function definitions. Then load
http://www.foo.com/includes.txt. You'll see the difference.

hth

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[EMS]

On 19 Aug 2003 01:04:29 -0700, go**********@paul13.com (paul13) wrote:

This seems weird, but when I use the following code,

include 'http://www.foo.com/includes.php';

includedfunction();

I am told that it is a call to an undefined function, but
'includedfunction' is on the server.

the following includes work fine, and the run the called function with
no trouble:

include 'http://www.foo.com/includes.phtml';
include 'http://www.foo.com/includes.txt';

When you include it using a URL as above, the file is served from the
webserver which parses the php script as it has a php extension. With
the other extensions, the php code isn't parsed. Try looking at the
URL with a browser and you'll see what I mean.

Your include path should be a physical path to the file e.g:
include ('/usr/local/htdocs/includes/includes.php');
That way you can use a .php extension and nobody will see your source
code.

EMS

[paul13]

>

Your include path should be a physical path to the file e.g:
include ('/usr/local/htdocs/includes/includes.php');
That way you can use a .php extension and nobody will see your source
code.

EMS

How do I use the physical location for a page on another machine?

'http://www.foo.com/usr/local/htdocs/includes/includes.php'

with whatever is the acurate physical location following the .com?

Paul

[Ian.H [dS]]

On 1 Sep 2003 15:26:30 -0700 in
<message-id:76*************************@posting.google.com>
go**********@paul13.com (paul13) wrote:

How do I use the physical location for a page on another machine?

'http://www.foo.com/usr/local/htdocs/includes/includes.php'

with whatever is the acurate physical location following the .com?

You can't do this.. as HTTP requests are limited by the DirectoryRoot
(or any defined directory permissions).

If you need to include a remote file, change the extension from .php to
something that isn't parsed by the PHP module / interpreter (.inc is the
most common I think).

Regards,

Ian

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go**********@paul13.com (paul13) wrote in message news:<76*************************@posting.google.c om>...

How do I use the physical location for a page on another machine?

'http://www.foo.com/usr/local/htdocs/includes/includes.php'

with whatever is the acurate physical location following the .com?

Paul

I sure hope that URL is 404.

When you include a valid external URL you're including what that URL
outputs (should be obvious)? So pull up
'http://www.foo.com/includes.php' in your browser. View the source.
That's what you're including.
surely this is covered here:
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php ?