remote includes under XP

Anon

Hi, I've already searched a lot about this, but haven't found anything yet.
What should I do to enable remote includes under WinXP?
Do I have to modify my php.ini? And How?
Tnx

[deleted]

Remote includes of what?
What's the problem?

Anon

I can't get this to work:

<?php
include('http://www.remoteserver.com/script.php');
?>

There's a function (and parameters to access a db) in that script I need to use in my pages...

BTW, my provider (using RedHat) doesn't support that either, I contacted them and they just don't know how to configure php/apache to handle the php wrapper for remote includes... is there any suggestion I could give them?

[deleted]

This is a common mistake.

When you include a remote file using http, you get the rendered version of the PHP script, not the sourcecode.

The most obvious solution (which is much better than a remote include) is to copy the PHP script to your machine and include it locally.

A forum, a FAQ, email notification, what else do you need?

Time to YAPF!: http://www.hvt-automation.nl/yapf/

Anon

yap, I know this... the problem is that I can't copy the script on my machine...

I received authorization to include the script, not to see the contents of the script... That's the prob!

I know there's a function in it called - let's say - "myFunc()", but if I call the function, I get this error:

"Call to undefined function: myFunc()"

This is what I also tried, without any luck:

<?php
$page= "http://www.remoteserver.com/script.php";
$fp = fopen($page, "r");
fpassthru($fp);
myFunc($arg1,$arg2);
?>

But I get the same error...

I also tried to copy the script using fopen, fread and fwrite, but it fails...

Anon

up! Is there anyone who can help me? Pleeeeease!! 🙂

mikeq

What are you on? Is the reason you can't copy the script to your server is that the code doesn't actually belong to you and you don't have the right to use it.

I would be seriously concerned if someone could use my pages on their site with this "remote include" thing you talk about. Who told you this was possible?

Anon

Nope, I received authorization to include that file directly by the author of the script. The script contains the database access settings (host, user, pwd), and the author let me include that script to access his database (read only), but he doesn't want to share those settings with others.

In other words: I don't know those settings, I don't want to "steal" them, I only want to include the db_Connection_script.php to have access to his database (and I have his auth to do so). But I don't know how to do it, since the php wrapper for remote includes doesn't seem to be enabled...

If you know how to do it, I'd be really grateful...