Include external site in php file.

[nerbonne]

Hi. I originally had my site coded in html and I used an iframe to include a status script that ran on a secondary site of mine.

I have since re-coded my site in php, but I am unable to figure out how to include the external script. I am already using "<?php include($path["docroot"]."status.php"); ?>" to include a local status.php file, but trying to use this same include for

http://www.example.com/status.php

doesn't work.

 

[thedaver]

Are you expecting to include the output from the remote script or the PHP code itself?

Have you echo'd the path that you're trying to include? Perhaps it is malformed - missing a key "\" character?

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[jpadie]

is $path['docroot'] a variable that you have defined or are you expecting it to be automagically populated?

are you perhaps looking for this kind of construct :

$url = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://".$_SERVER[/URL]['SERVER_NAME'] . "/status.php";

 

[AdaHacker]

Two things. First, you must include the protocol in your URL, i.e. use

http://www.example.com/status.php.

Otherwise PHP is going to look for a local file.

Second, you need to have the URL fopen wrappers enabled for include() to read a URL. Check the output of phpinfo() to make sure that allow_url_fopen is turned on.

 

[nerbonne]

thedaver:

Yes, I expect the output from the remote script.

No, I have not tried echo'ing the patch. Not sure of the exact format.


jpadie:

I have not defined docroot, however it must be some kind of global variable because it does work.

Yes, I am interested in your code, but I'm not sure how to implement that. Doesn't appear that all of it is there.


AdaHacker:

I tried using the protocol in the URL and it didn't work. Possibly I am using the wrong method of trying to include the page. Could you post the complete code to do so?

I check allow_url_fopen and it is on.