Remote Includes

[markfc]

Hi There,

I'm trying to do an include from one windows server to another both running the latest version of PHP.

I get an error back of

Warning: main([url]http://*****/test.html[/url]): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 401 Access Denied in e:\inetpub\wwwroot\v3\menu.php on line 114

Warning: main(): Failed opening 'http://*****/test.html' for inclusion (include_path='e:\inetpub\wwwroot\shared') in e:\inetpub\wwwroot\v3\menu.php on line 114

I've tried including both a php page and a html page both with the same error.

Is there anything i need to be aware of with IIS?

the code i'm using is pretty simple ;

$include_file = "http://*****/test.html" ;
include $include_file ;

both servers are on the same domain and all users have full ntfs access to the folders.

Many thanks
Mark

[AstroTeg]

Check out the docs for [man]include[/man] and you'll find something about URL fopen wrappers. On that page you'll find a note:

"On Windows versions prior to PHP 4.3.0, the following functions do not support remote file accessing: include(), include_once(), require(), require_once() and the imagecreatefromXXX functions in the Reference XLI, Image Functions extension."

Your version doesn't sound like it is one that supports remote URL including.

If both servers are on the same network, you could probably get away with mapping a drive and calling the file that way.

[dalecosp]

And, while we're at it, let's mention that remote includes are a tremendous security issue, if they are attached to and visible from the WAN. Every instance of a compromised web site that I've seen on these boards has been the result of using remote includes, albeit perhaps without doing enough sanity checking first. 😉