local scripts including scripts elsewher

[johaningles]

Hi,

I'm trying to set up a development area whereby the guys would be able to pull off a script from the central server (which holds the site), and work on and test them on their local. Easy, but the catch is the included files that need to be grabbed from the server whilst running the local script. Am I right in thinking that I can set up this using the include_path directive in php.ini and specifying 2 paths? Is there an 'or' switch that I can use in there if neccessary?

much appreciated,

Johan

[desenhistas]

from the php manual:

Chapter 20. Using remote files
As long as support for the "URL fopen wrapper" is enabled when you configure PHP (which it is unless you explicitly pass the --disable-url-fopen-wrapper flag to configure (for versions up to 4.0.3) or set allow_url_fopen to off in php.ini (for newer versions), you can use HTTP and FTP URLs with most functions that take a filename as a parameter, including the require() and include() statements.

Note: You can't use remote files in include() and require() statements on Windows.

For example, you can use this to open a file on a remote web server, parse the output for the data you want, and then use that data in a database query, or simply to output it in a style matching the rest of your website.