include statement - HELP

[macastor]

Trying to get a simple include statement to work....

I'm trying to access a file on another server and I keep getting a "failed to open stream" Warning. Not sure if there's something I need to change in my ini file. Here's my code.

tstinclude.php
<?php

$var1 = 'red';

?>

testinc.php
<?php
include 'http://servername/dir/dir/tstinclude.php';
echo $var1;

?>

ERROR MESSAGE:

Warning: main(http://servername/dir/dir/tstinclude.php): failed to open stream: Bad file descriptor in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\MPI\testinc.php on line 2

Warning: main(): Failed opening 'http://servername/dir/dir/tstinclude.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\MPI\testinc.php on line 2

ANYONE????

[drew010]

you may not have url fopen wrappers enabled, which would prevent you from including a file via http. but even if you did, including a file via http wont give you the variables anyway, the php source would be compiled and then included, so you need to include using a path if you want the actual source.

//file.php
<?php

$var = 5;

$var2 = $var * 2;

?>

include("http://www.site.com/file.php");
//nothing is output, source is compiled and executed.

include("/path/to/file.php");
$var becomes available to script as 5. $var2 becomes available as 10. source code is included, it is not executed at time of include.

[macastor]

url fopen wrappers are enabled. As for the variables, not really important. Just need to access the file for writing. I've also tried fopen and get the same warning message.

ANY IDEAS???

[tommynanda]

can u open that URL in browser?

[drew010]

if you use fopen on http protocol, you only have r access, not w or any other. if you want to open it for writing you need to use fopen and use the absolute or relative path, not a url.

[macastor]

So I can not use include if I want to write or update a file on another server????