Bug #18000 Updated: localized http header request includes variable scope

ID: 18000 Updated by: rasmus@php.net Reported By: code@4arrow.com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: UNIX PHP Version: 4.1.2 New Comment: But you still haven't answered why you are doing: include 'http://samedomain/file.php'; This makes no sense to me. Why go through HTTP when the file is local? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-26 15:00:31] code@4arrow.com You're right about the additional load it would add and yes you can pass variables via the Query string. For me the feature request is more technical in nature than cosmetic patches will cover. When you execute a script and during its run I include'http://samedomain/file.php' There are limitations of scope that are placed on the included local file in comparison to its parent file which to me seems unecessary. This ruins the code flow for me, practically and mentally. I wonder if this is part of the child process limitation in PHP? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-26 14:50:04] rasmus@php.net Oh, and to get your sessions to persist across a url file open, simply pass your SID along. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-26 14:48:51] rasmus@php.net I don't understand why you call this a header http request, but whatever. So you want include 'http://local.domain/file.php' to act like include 'file.php' if local.domain happens to be the a local domain? Seems to me like this is something that you should be checking at the application level. Why use a url when the file is local? We could add a check, but it would add extra dns calls to every url file operation and I don't think it is worth it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-26 14:38:34] code@4arrow.com Rasmus the HTTP header request is used in all PHP methods that request a file with a HTTP or full LINK even if it is local. Such as fopen(), file(), readfile(), include, require, include_once, require_once. All of these can include files with a absolute URI. FYI, Sessions don't persist from one http session to another even inside the same domain when one file is included within another via a absolute url. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-26 14:31:22] rasmus@php.net This made absolutely no sense to me. If someone else can make sense of this, feel free to unbogus it. What in the world do you mean by, "A PHP file that includes a local file via a HTTP header request" ? As in header('Location: http://local.domain/file.php') ? That is a client-side redirect which means the remote browser is going to make a completely separate request which may or may not come back to the same process or even the same physical server in a load-balanced architecture. Expecting any sort of variable persistency across client-side redirects is rather silly. This is what sessions are for. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/18000 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18000&edit=1