Bug #17342 Updated: include() fails to open URLs

ID: 17342 Updated by: philip@php.net Reported By: php@pgregg.com Status: Critical Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows 2000 Server PHP Version: 4.2.1 New Comment: features.remote-files.php has the following <note>: "Note: You can't use remote files in include() and require() statements on Windows." a) This bug will remain in 4.3.0? b) Aside from php.net/include, any other places to add docs? c) Same error regardless of allow_url_fopen value in php.ini? d) Why can't windows include remote files? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-10 13:25:00] webmaster@uwth.uni-hannover.de I've experienced this bug on Windows XP, 2000 Pro and 98. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-04 04:34:46] mfischer@php.net The let's document it, and set it to criticil. This really should be clear to users on W2k platform, it's a major drawback. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-01 12:25:19] edink@php.net It turns out that urls in include() for Windows are not supported. This fact should probably be documented. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-22 08:07:18] php@pgregg.com Hi Derick, Sorry bout that... Installed php4-win32-200205221000.zip (latest) and the problem persists. there is an additional error message now: Warning: main("http://aorr3/oss/ssi/header.html") - Invalid argument in F:\web\source\resolutions.php on line 6 Warning: Failed opening 'http://aorr3/oss/ssi/header.html' for inclusion (include_path='.;f:\web\source') in F:\web\source\resolutions.php on line 6 First 7 lines of code are below: <?php #print_r(get_cfg_var("allow_url_fopen")); #print_r(ini_get("allow_url_fopen")ini_get("allow_url_fopen")); include ("http://aorr3/oss/ssi/header.html"); (7 line blank) Cheers, Paul. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-22 07:43:09] edink@php.net Poul I think Derick was referring to 4.3.0-dev (http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip). FYI I can reproduce the problems you're having. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/17342 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17342&edit=1