Implode Question

[wxman]

I am attempting to use the implode command to bring in HTML for display.

$html_out=implode('',file('http:/somewhere/some.cgi'));
print "$html_out";

This code works fine when accessing a cgi that is external to my own web server; however when I try to pull in an internal script and its output (using the http: address), it prints only blank space. I am relatively new with PHP coding and would appreciate any help.

[releasedj]

You don't need to use http:// for an internal file, you just need to give file() the full path to your file, i.e.:

$html_out=implode('',file('/path/to/your/file.htm'));

[wxman]

Thanks. Your suggestion does indeed work.

However, I am trying to write identical php templates that will work the same whether they are internal or external to my web server. So, I know to get it to work externally I need the full url; but when I use the full url the scripts return nothing when accessed from a web site internal to the server.