I'm new, and in need of help!

SLiP777

I'm getting an error when using a simple require code, so I tried include and got the same.. here is the require code...

PHP:

<?php
require 'http://www.alexstanford.com/nav.php';
?>

Error:

Warning: main(): stream does not support seeking in /home/alexsta/public_html/contact/index.php on line 10

Let me know if you need more information to help...

Thanks in advance!

pjleonhardt

try

require ("http://www.alexstanford.com/nav.php");

SLiP777

That did not work, here's some more information.

PHP Page:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>AlexStanford.com :: The life of a young entrepreneur</TITLE>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF LEFTMARGIN=0 TOPMARGIN=10 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0>
<?php
require ("http://www.alexstanford.com/nav.php");
?>
<div align="center"><TABLE WIDTH=702 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<TR>
<TD COLSPAN=4 background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_01.gif" WIDTH=213 HEIGHT=38>
</TD>
<TD COLSPAN=4>
<a href='<? echo "$home" ?>'><IMG SRC="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_02.gif" WIDTH=274 HEIGHT=38 ALT="Home" border="0"></a></TD>
<TD COLSPAN=4 background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_03.gif" WIDTH=215 HEIGHT=38>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD COLSPAN=2>
<a href='<? echo "$home" ?>'><IMG SRC="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_04.gif" WIDTH=119 HEIGHT=21 ALT="Home" border="0"></a></TD>
<TD>
<a href='<? echo "$graphics" ?>'><IMG SRC="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_05.gif" WIDTH=73 HEIGHT=21 ALT="Graphics" border="0"></a></TD>
<TD COLSPAN=2>
<a href='<? echo "$design" ?>'><IMG SRC="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_06.gif" WIDTH=88 HEIGHT=21 ALT="Design" border="0"></a></TD>
<TD>
<a href='<? echo "$photography" ?>'><IMG SRC="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_07.gif" WIDTH=89 HEIGHT=21 ALT="Photography" border="0"></a></TD>
<TD>
<a href='<? echo "$reviews" ?>'><IMG SRC="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_08.gif" WIDTH=70 HEIGHT=21 ALT="Reviews" border="0"></a></TD>
<TD COLSPAN=2>
<a href='<? echo "$chat" ?>'><IMG SRC="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_09.gif" WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=21 ALT="Chat" border="0"></a></TD>
<TD>
<a href='<? echo "$about" ?>'><IMG SRC="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_10.gif" WIDTH=70 HEIGHT=21 ALT="About" border="0"></a></TD>
<TD COLSPAN=2>
<a href='<? echo "$contact" ?>'><IMG SRC="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_11.gif" WIDTH=133 HEIGHT=21 ALT="Contact" border="0"></a></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD COLSPAN=12 background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_12.gif" WIDTH=702 HEIGHT=11>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ROWSPAN=2 background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_13.gif" WIDTH=39 HEIGHT=562>
</TD>
  <TD COLSPAN=10 background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_14.gif" WIDTH=623 HEIGHT=526" valign="top" style="padding: 5px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><p class="head"><strong><font size="4">CONTACT</font></strong></p>
     <p>
      <b>AIM</b> - Alexxx Stanford<br>
      <b>MSNM</b> - [email]TekVex@Earthlink.net[/email]<br>
      <b>YIM</b> - tekvex<br>
      <b>E-Mail</b> - [email]Alex@AlexStanford.com[/email]
     </p>
    </TD>
	<TD ROWSPAN=2 background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_15.gif" WIDTH=40 HEIGHT=562>
		</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
	<TD COLSPAN=10 background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/index_16.gif" WIDTH=623 HEIGHT=36>
		</TD>
</TR>
	<TR>
	<TD background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=39 HEIGHT=1>
		</TD>
	<TD background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=80 HEIGHT=1>
		</TD>
	<TD background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=73 HEIGHT=1>
		</TD>
	<TD background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=21 HEIGHT=1>
		</TD>
	<TD background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=67 HEIGHT=1>
		</TD>
	<TD background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=89 HEIGHT=1>
		</TD>
	<TD background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=70 HEIGHT=1>
		</TD>
	<TD background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=48 HEIGHT=1>
		</TD>
	<TD background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=12 HEIGHT=1>
		</TD>
	<TD background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=70 HEIGHT=1>
		</TD>
	<TD background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=93 HEIGHT=1>
		</TD>
	<TD background="http://www.alexstanford.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=40 HEIGHT=1>
		</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</div>
</BODY>
</HTML>

That is in www.alexstanford.com/contact so its not in the same directory as nav.php

nav.php:

<?php
$home = "http://www.AlexStanford.com/";
$graphics = "http://Graphics.AlexStanford.com/";
$design = "http://Design.AlexStanford.com/";
$photography = "http://Photography.AlexStanford.com/";
$reviews = "http://Reviews.AlexStanford.com/";
$chat = "http://Chat.AlexStanford.com/";
$about = "http://About.AlexStanford.com/";
$contact = "http://Contact.AlexStanford.com/";
?>

That's in public_html in the main directory, so its at www.alexstanford.com/nav.php

Here is index.php in the main directory where nav.php works with require, but notice how it is different. (Only showing HEAD, the rest is practically identical.)

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>AlexStanford.com :: The life of a young entrepreneur</TITLE>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<?php
require($SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/nav.php");
?>
</head>

I used require($SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/nav.php"); because that is in the same directory as nav.php, but the other file is not... so what do I do?

pjleonhardt

on your contact page..
try
require("../nav.php");

SLiP777

Originally posted by pjleonhardt
on your contact page..
try
require("../nav.php");

Nope, that didn't work, but thanks for the help. I finally tried require ("/home/alexsta/public_html/nav.php"); realizing I forgot a slash before home, and it worked.

Problem, solved.

sarahk

Just to give you some more information...

require and include are looking into your file system. They don't know about domains and URLs and need the real path.

to use a url you use fopen() - but only when it's on another domain, not your own.

Mark as resolved if this is fixed up.

feldon23

I don't get it. If your page is running ON http://www.alexstanford.com then there is no reason to have to put any absolute paths.

sarahk

This is the whole thing of server side or clientside.

On the client side you have to ask for info according to the url because you're out there on a PC asking for stuff from a webserver.

On the webserver you're asking for stuff within that box and you don't care if it's visible via a url or not. Therefore you have to use it's internal file structure.

The way to use this is
anything people can call from a web browser goes above the htdocs or public_html folder
anything valuable and used in processing can be in a structure that starts below the htdocs.

therefore

/home/alexsta/public_html/nav.php is a page which can be called by the public

/home/alexsta/includes/mypasswords.php is hidden from the public but can be included by nav.php

does this make sense?