[RESOLVED] include() problems with load balancing

[OwenTheSamoan]

I recently switched my site over to load balancing and discovered a problem recently that occurrs every now and then, but not all the time. The problem is with include() functions. I found it I write the include() function like this--

include("http://mysite.com/another_page.php?something=$something");

the page will load extremely slow and then the include does not work. However, if I write the function like this--

nclude(another_page.php);

it loads perfectly but I am not transferring any variables through the browser now. Anyone ever hear of this before? Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
Owen The Samoan

[leatherback]

If you include through the URL, the include is executed and the output is sent - through internet - to your script. This is typically NOT what you want. You need to use a local-variable based include, such as the second option you show.

[NogDog]

Included scripts share the variable scope of the calling script (when not called via HTTP), so a quick kludge would be:

$_GET['something'] = 'something';
include(another_page.php);

[OwenTheSamoan]

That helped. Thanks!!