include() through HTTP?

[lauthiamkok]

Hi,
Can I include file through HTTP? I tried the example below from http://uk2.php.net/function.include
but it is def not working on my localhost.

<?php
// Won't work; file.txt wasn't handled by www.example.com as PHP
include 'http://www.example.com/file.txt?foo=1&bar=2';

// Won't work; looks for a file named 'file.php?foo=1&bar=2' on the
// local filesystem.
include 'file.php?foo=1&bar=2';

// Works.
include 'http://www.example.com/file.php?foo=1&bar=2';

$foo = 1;
$bar = 2;
include 'file.txt';  // Works.
include 'file.php';  // Works.

?>

This is what I tried to include

<?php include 'http://localhost/mysite/incl_layouts.blog/navigation.php';?>

Instead of

<?php include("incl_layouts.blog/navigation.php");?>

Many thanks,
Lau

[SituationSoap]

HTTP is a protocol. It literally defines a way of encoding packets to send over the internet.

If you want to include a remote file, cut the HTTP from the front.

[sk89q]

Why do you need to include a file by URL?

[crmalibu]

It's pretty rare where you would need to, or should use include on a url. Most of the time, readfile() is what you should use if the file is not on the local filesystem.

But anyway, you say it "doesnt work". How have you determined it doesn't work? What did you expect to happen? What actually happened?

[lauthiamkok]

Why do you need to include a file by URL?

so that i dont have to write this in one file

<?php include("incl_layouts.blog/navigation.php");?>

and then include the path like this in another file

<?php include("navigation.php");?>

my idea is to track down the absolute path, so that i dont have to change it so many times when it is located in different locations...

make sense...?

[lauthiamkok]

It's pretty rare where you would need to, or should use include on a url. Most of the time, readfile() is what you should use if the file is not on the local filesystem.

But anyway, you say it "doesnt work". How have you determined it doesn't work? What did you expect to happen? What actually happened?

It wont work bcos the include content doens show on the screen...

but i think i have found a solution...

<?php echo $path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/mysite/incl_layouts.blog/navigation.php';?>
<?php include("$path");?>

result is this,

C:/htdocs/mysite/incl_layouts.blog/navigation.php