hey adam, i changed the code to use file_get_contents();, however, when i tried to later call a function form the file rss_fetch.inc it came up as an undefined function.... did i miss something? thanks, Watson On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Adam Richardson <simpleshot@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Watson Blair <bestudios.wb@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> ah, i forgot to properly phrase my question... what am i doing wrong, and >> how do i make it work? slash, could you guys/girls point me towards a >> tutorial that will give me a hand? >> Thanks again, >> Watson >> >> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Watson Blair <bestudios.wb@xxxxxxxxx >> >wrote: >> >> > Hey all, i'm sure i'm missing something glaringly obvious, but i have >> yet >> > to find a solution to this online... so heres the line of code that i'm >> > getting hung up on: >> > >> > <?php include_once("http://www.jennysjunket.com/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc >> > ");?> >> > >> > which gives me this: >> > >> > *Warning*: include() [function.include]: URL file-access is disabled in >> > the server configuration in */home/content/81/5634781/html/ebay.php* on >> > line*1* >> > >> > *Warning*: include(http://www.jennysjunket.com/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc) >> [ >> >> > function.include]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be >> > found in */home/content/81/5634781/html/ebay.php* on line *1* >> > >> > *Warning*: include() [function.include]: Failed opening ' >> > http://www.jennysjunket.com/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc' for inclusion >> > (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in * >> > /home/content/81/5634781/html/ebay.php* on line *1* >> > * >> > * >> > ive got all of my permissions set as open as i can, but i'm >> > still baffled about it. >> > Thanks, >> > Watson >> > >> > > There are several potential problems with trying to use include_once (same > issues as include()) when trying to retrieve a resource by URL: > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php > > Try file_get_contents instead, as in the below example: > <?php file_get_contents(" > http://www.jennysjunket.com/magpierss/rss_fetch.inc");?> > > And if that's not enabled on your server, try using CURL as outlined in > this tutorial: > http://phpsense.com/php/php-curl-functions.html > > Adam > > -- > Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully > http://nephtaliproject.com >