getting data from one web site to another?

agentsmith

Client has a website located at www.URL.com

They have a web application at www.URL2.com

(i've built both)....however, I'd like to get data from the URL2 server database to appear in a couple of URL.com pages.

I tried using

<?php include("http://www.URL2.com/file") ?>

but that definately doesnt work.

are there any tutorials on this topic. I dont even know what to call it for searching.

Data from Child to Parent maybe?

laserlight

Well, one way would be to use fopen() or fsockopen() to open the file in question, then read it to your other file.

stolzyboy

from the manual

Chapter 19. Using remote files
As long as allow_url_fopen is enabled in php.ini, you can use HTTP and FTP URLs with most of the functions that take a filename as a parameter. In addition, URLs can be used with the include(), include_once(), require() and require_once() statements. See Appendix I for more information about the protocols supported by PHP.

Note: In PHP 4.0.3 and older, in order to use URL wrappers, you were required to configure PHP using the configure option --enable-url-fopen-wrapper.

Note: The Windows versions of PHP earlier than PHP 4.3 did not support remote file accessing for the following functions: include(), include_once(), require(), require_once(), and the imagecreatefromXXX functions in the Reference XLI, Image functions extension.

found it here

http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.remote-files.php

agentsmith

as per Chapter 19:Using remote files:

As long as allow_url_fopen is enabled in php.ini, you can use HTTP and FTP URLs with most of the functions that take a filename as a parameter.

my server is enabled : ON

however, using this...nothing happens.... except for a super long delay and the message :

Resource ID #1

I dont get the "Unable to open remote file"

any thoughts?

<?php
$file = fopen ("http://www.xxxx.com/xxx/xxx/jobsviewall.php", "r");
if (!$file) {
    echo "<p>Unable to open remote file.\n";
    exit;
}
while (!feof ($file)) {
    $line = fgets ($file, 1024);
    /* This only works if the title and its tags are on one line */
    if (eregi ("<title>(.*)</title>", $line, $out)) {
        $title = $out[1];
        break;
    }
}
fclose($file);
?>