include question

[abda53]

server a: location of all php files

server b: location of index file which includes/calls all the files from server a (server b is also the same ip as the user)

server c: location of RSS feeds.

if i use server b to include the files on server a, and then the user can see/search RSS feeds from server c.. what referring ip will server c accessing the RSS feeds? server a or server b?

im thinking its server b.

my confusion is that if you include and use the functions from a file from another server, what ip is the end server going to see?

[drew010]

it sees the ip from the server that includes the file.
all include does, is fetch the contents of the file requested. if its a local file, its opened like a file and its contents are read into the calling script, if its a remote file, an http request is made to the remote server and the data from the response is included.
something to note, if you include a php file from a remote server like
include("http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/index.php");
the contents returned from the include will be the parsed php code, not the actual code itself.

if this is the case for you, where server b includes files from a, if the files are parsed on a, and these files get the rss feeds, the server c will actually see a's ip.

[abda53]

gotcha.. thanks i was wondering about whether or not it would be parsed as well.

thanks!