Including External files

[MidgetsBro]

OK I have a PHP page where I want to include data from an external server. The php documentation says that this will work:

include ("http://gah.stanford.edu/teams/HazteK_Software.html"); 

But when I try it, I get a blank page. I want it to display my stats for Genome@Home, but this is not working. I don't want to have to use something like inline frames because it's not very compatible with anything other than IE, and I want to keep away from them anyway. I also don't want to link to an external page because I want it to look like it's part of my site.

Thanks.

[cpradio]

You cannot have http:// inside your include tag

[MidgetsBro]

Taken from here

<?php

/* This example assumes that [url]www.example.com[/url] is configured to parse .php *
 * files and not .txt files. Also, 'Works' here means that the variables *
 * $foo and $bar are available within the included file.                 */

// Won't work; file.txt wasn't handled by [url]www.example.com[/url] 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.

?>

Why do they have it on their site and in their manual if it doesn't work??

[The Hobo]

Windows versions of PHP prior to PHP 4.3 do not support accessing remote files via this function, even if allow_url_fopen is enabled.

Is this you?

[The Hobo]

And what is "allow_url_fopen" set to in your php.ini?

[MidgetsBro]

allow_url_fopen is set to on, but I just read that about the 4.3 problem this morning... I'll update it now, then see if it works.

[The Hobo]

Originally posted by MidgetsBro

include ("http://gah.stanford.edu/teams/HazteK_Software.html"); 

Just a side note: you don't need to surround the included file in ()'s. Just seems like a waste to me.