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Leslie · 08-12-2006, 06:06 PM

I hva successfully used includes for php scripts on my website, but can't get them to work for a script located on another website. Both sites run php 4. I want website A to include .php scipts from website B and then use the variables generated from website B's script on website A. What's the secret here? I'd greatly appreciate any help anyone can provide. Thanks.

ahk2chan · 08-12-2006, 07:34 PM

Hm... what specifically has failed? you may want to post some code... i was reading the php include document and it mentioned that it is do-able. try: php.net/include/ and see if it helps.

Leslie · 08-12-2006, 08:14 PM

I have been to "php.net/include/" and a host of other places which do all say it can be done (and warn of serious security problems in doing so) but I don't seem to understand how to write the path to get there.

saidev · 08-13-2006, 04:26 AM

I've tried this before but with no success, after I mention to the senior developer when I first started 6 years ago about doing that...this is what I he told me, what do I want to do that?
1. Include of remote php file is interpreted by the remote server, therefore, you are not actually getting the code and compile on the server you are on.
2. If you are want to include a file remotely, than you are sending your source via a connection(hopefully ssl) but in the case of non-secured line, people can just grab your source by listening to the wire.

Can you just copy the file to the other site?
If the php file is on the same server, can you just put that php file before the document root and make that readable by other web applications?