PHP Includes?

[bgraybr]

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I tried to use PHP (PHP 4) includes on my website to make things easier- but when I went to test it the page it was covered in errors.

I'm using this code:

<?php include("url"); ?>

What did I do wrong?

[citricsquid]

you can only include from the same server and in the same web root, so

<?php include ("folder/file.php"); ?>

will work, if you want to include external files you use file_get_contents.

[bgraybr]

At 6/10/09 03:00 PM, citricsquid wrote: you can only include from the same server and in the same web root, so

<?php include ("folder/file.php"); ?>

will work, if you want to include external files you use file_get_contents.

I put all of the includes in a different directory but its in the same server/web root.
Ex.
<?php include("http://www.randomns013.com/incl udes/navigation.php"); ?>

[Wonderful]

The include parameter has to be relative, i.e. you can't use full URL's like that.

[citricsquid]

At 6/10/09 03:27 PM, bgraybr wrote: <?php include("http://www.randomns013.com/incl udes/navigation.php"); ?>

<?php include("includes/navigation.php"); ?>

You can't use full URLs...

[VigilanteNighthawk]

You use the path on the file system to include the file, not the url.

[urbn]

I'll say it as well...

You can't use full URL's!

[liljim]

You can use full URLs (in 4.3.0 +) if allow_url_fopen is enabled, though of course, the information in the page is already parsed at that point.

[urbn]

At 6/11/09 09:03 AM, liljim wrote: You can use full URLs (in 4.3.0 +) if allow_url_fopen is enabled, though of course, the information in the page is already parsed at that point.

While this is an perfectly valid point, I would suggest for someone who can't work out includes to just have the sweeping statement mentioned above ;)

[henke37]

It's inefficient, will do the parsing twice, and is often disabled due to most of the time, it's only used to exploit other people.

[liljim]

At 6/11/09 12:21 PM, henke37 wrote: It's inefficient, will do the parsing twice, and is often disabled due to most of the time, it's only used to exploit other people.

I didn't say it was a practical thing to do, I was just disputing those who said you can't do it.