$_GET variable inside an include function

[hatching]

I'm using an include with a variable url. I'm trying to call the variable through the include file but it's giving me this error:

Warning: include(message.php?word=hello) [function.include]: failed to open stream: Invalid argument in C:\AppServ\www\directory_here.php on line 281

// index.php
<?php
include ('message.php?word=hello');
?>

//message.php
<?php
echo $_GET['word'];
?>

[NogDog]

An include is just reading the file from the local file system. It is not a HTTP request, so no url query string is passed to the included file and no $_GET values are set. If url_fopen is enabled, you could include it as a URI:

include "http://localhost/message.php?word=hello";

However, this is different than calling a local file, as the included file will now be processed separately and all the calling file will receive is any output. A more standard way of doing this would be to define a function in the include file which you could then call from the main script after including the file:

message.php:

<?php
function message($word)
{
   echo $word;
}

index.php:

<?php
include 'message.php';
message('hello');

[foyer]

-nevermind