[Resolved] Strange Problem with require - Long duration ...

Hotkey

Hi all !

I've encountered a strange Problem with some require tags :

im calling an inclusion file with the following command :

require ("http://www.myurl.com/inc/test.inc");

now it takes about 3 Seconds for the page to finish up.
So I've put in some time information (start of script, start of calling the required inclusion file, end of inclusion time etc.

The output was like the following :
04 Start of script
04 Calling the inc file
07 Start of inc file
07 middle of inc file
07 end of inc file

No i changed the require to the following :

require ("inc/test.inc");

with this changes the page finished up immediately :
04 Start of script
04 Calling the inc file
04 Start of inc file
04 middle of inc file
05 end of inc file

The Problem is, that i have to put in the complete url, cause the file which uses the inclusion file is itself an inclusion file and is accessed from different directories.

So, what can be the reason for this effekt - and is there a workaround ?

Note : I've used the script on the same server before with no delay. I needed to mess around a bit with the directory and file attributes. After that the problem appeared. Im not sure if this could might has something to do with the problem - just to be sure :-)

Thanks in advance

Hotkey

Weedpacket

The effect is because PHP is having to initiate an http connection with the webserver to access the URL, instead of just reading the file straight off the filesystem, which it would do if you gave it a filename, instead of a URL.

You don't have to use a URL, you can use a filename instead (and it's a good idea to learn the difference, because files from the filesystem are not the same things as pages from a URL).

The "workaround" is to access your files properly. You can, for example, use one or the other entries in $_SERVER[] (I'm too lazy to go to the manual right now and find out which) to find the root directory of your site, and then it's a simple matter to tack the appropriate path information on to the end of that to get the right filename to use in the include().

include($_SERVER['???'].'inc/lib.php');

And that can be used in any file that includes lib.php without change, wherever in the site tree the file may be.

Hotkey

Many thanks !

I figured it out now.
It was $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']