"Require" problems

[loureiro]

alright here is what im trying to do.

create a file with global variables so that i can use a require to the file to get the values out

www.someplace.com/new.php
<?php
$var1 = 'hello';
$var2 = 'world';
?>

www.somewhere.com/old.php
<?php
require ('www.someplace.com/new.php');
echo $var1.$var2;
?>

any suggestions as to why i cannot access var1 and var2?

[superwormy]

DO NOT include() or require() things over HTTP. Period. End of story.

When you include() or require() things over HTTP, you're essentially telling the include() statement to act like a web browser and request a page, WHICH MEANS that it gets parsed by PHP FIRST. Your browser never sees the variables, and niether will the include() or reqiure() statement in this case.

You're also opening yourself up to a number of serious security holes.

If you're going to use include() or require(), use LOCAL PATHS:

include ("new.php");
include ("../file_below_me.php");
include ("file_above/me.php");

If you're going to get something over HTTP, use fsockopen() or fopen().

[loureiro]

ok so can i use that and call it from another website if i wanted to?

[loureiro]

could you please give me an example of how to open a SQL connection using files that are on another website. another php file.

www.somewhere.com/help.php

$DB = **;
$Username = ;
$Password = ;
$Localhost = **;

www.nowhere.com/help/me/join.php

mysql_connect($Localhost, $Username, $Password);
mysql_select_db ($D😎;

[superwormy]

The two big problems with using include() and require() over HTTP are...

1) If you use a .php extension, they'll be parsed by PHP first, and you'll only get the HTML output.

2) You're opening up a potential security hole, if theres a router or something else inbetween you ( and there is ) then someone could potentially change the code you're including and execute any arbitrary code they wanted to on your server.

I would reccomend keeping seperate copies of all code for both sites.

Alternatively, something like XML-RPC or SOAP might solve your problems.

If you want to establish a connection to a database on a remote host, you'll need to specify the hostname you want to connect to, and have permission from the remot ehost to do so. See the MySQL manual and here: www.php.net/mysql_connect