> -----Original Message----- > From: Wei, Alice J. [mailto:ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:11 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M.; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Include Problem > > ________________________________________ > From: Boyd, Todd M. [tmboyd1@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 2:53 PM > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Wei, Alice J. > Subject: RE: Include Problem > > > > > > If you are trying to include() a remote file via HTTP, the remote > > > server > > > will (most likely) translate the PHP code into the output that it > > would > > > produce if you were to visit the script with a web browser. It > > appears > > > you are trying to grab a PHP file from a remote server and execute > it > > > as > > > code, which won't work--at least not under normal circumstances. > > > > Alice, > > > > If the two Windows machines are on the same network, you can try to > use > > Windows' file sharing to do the job for you. For instance, > > > > include('\\servername\dirname\filename.php'); > > *cough* ... I meant to double up on those backslashes. I'm not sure if > PHP supports forward-slash file/dir specifications in Windows, but to > double them all up would look like this: > > Include("\\\\servername\\dirname\\filename.php"); > > > Using HTTP from Windows to Windows would yield the same results as > > using > > HTTP from Linux to Windows. You could host the files on a server that > > does not parse PHP, and so they would be transmitted as plain text... > > but then you get into issues of disclosing their contents to parties > > you > > would rather leave in the dark (read: hackers). > > > > You might consider using FTP, SCP, or another behind-the-scenes file > > transfer agent to accomplish what it is you're trying to do. I > believe > > PHP already has several functions for use with FTP. > > Sorry, I don't think I am intending on passing any file to whatever > server. > > All I need to do is to have my script be able to execute another > program that can allow my PHP script to pass the variables, so this > may be using anything from PHP, Perl to C. I have seen in the PHP > manual that there is this command called exec(). > > Is it possible that I could use something like exec($someurl) to > execute the script? I tried doing this in PHP, but it tells me this: > > arning: exec() [function.exec]: Unable to fork > [http://www.mysite.com/calculate.php] in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\read.php on > line 31 > > Is there some way I can fix this error somehow? Or, is this not > possible either? Alice, If you simply need to execute a remote PHP script and pass variables, you could do it behind-the-scenes with cURL or AJAX, and pass the variables in the url (i.e., http://www.mysite.com/script.php?param=value). cURL is capable of retrieving the page (read: the results of the executed script), which can then be parsed by your local script. I actually did something like this where I scraped the World of Warcraft Armory (ok, groan. No, seriously, let it out). I grabbed their XML pages, parsed the info, and then pushed this info to a script on a remote site of mine. I had to do this because the remote site I was working with did not have cURL installed (nor could I install it myself due to access restrictions). The remote script would return "OK" or "FAIL", and my script would expect one of these values and react accordingly. Is this a little bit more on target? I can supply you with source code if you would like. You could also use AJAX to populate an IFRAME with the results of a remote PHP script, and then parse those values using a hidden form submission, perhaps. Just some ideas. HTH, Todd Boyd Web Programmer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
