Including a PHP file with CGI postfix

Anon

Hi,

I really hope someone can help because this has got me stumped.

I'm trying to use the following code:

include ("graphs.php?test=foo");

to include a php file and pass it a variable value at the same time. (I know I could just set the variable beforehand but this is an extra line in the code and not as 'clean')

However, I persistantly get the error:

Warning: Failed opening 'graphs.php test=foo' for inclusion (include_path='')

I can include the file with no CGI call:

include ("graphs.php");

and I get the expected results but I really need the CGI bit on the end!

If anyone can help, it would be much appreciated 🙂

Bobby.

finger

its not possible to post parameters using
include or require cos they are simply doing
an textual replacement (so it doesnt get
parsed within the include-statement).

so you HAVE to set the variable before
and: THAT IS NOT DIRTY ;-)

regards

finger

Anon

Even though one of the examples in the PHP manual includes a file with some CGI info?

(under include() in the manual)

finger

now study the comment next to the line ... afterwards: study it again ... and again and again ;-)

include ("file.inc?varone=1&vartwo=2"); / Won't work. /

finger

Anon

Actually, I'm talking about the line

include ("http://someserver/file.php?varone=1&vartwo=2");

that has
"/ Works /" above it in big letters 😉

but it still doesn't work on my configuration 🙁

Do you know how I can check if URL fopen wrappers is setup properly (apparently in the default but I'm not so sure ...)?

Cheers,

Bobby.

finger

WELL! now we are talking about the same 🙂
its a very big difference between having
a 'http://' in front of the parameter or
not ;-)
if you have: well you can add parameters as you wish 🙂
if you have not: nono that wont work 🙂

although it depends on the operating system:
include ("http:// ..."); doesnt work when
you use windows.
here you have to use fopen. i've done this
once (cos then i decided that linux is simply
the better solution ;-) and it works
somehow like this:

$thesite = fopen ("http://www.pinkasapanther.net", "r");

while (!feof ($thesite))
{
echo fgets ($thesite);
}

hope that works

finger

Anon

Yeah - I just realised that was the problem myself. I'm running Apache under WinNT - just another reason to switch to Linux 🙂

Thanks for your help,

Bobby.