Re: Bug #14131 Updated: include "http" problem

From: Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:43:24 +0000
Subject: Re: Bug #14131 Updated: include "http" problem
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Someone please briefly explain this behavior.  As per the note 
under "remote files" in manual:

  Note:  You can't use remote files in include() and require() 
         statements on Windows.

Why is that?

Regards,
Philip Olson


On 24 Jan 2002 sander@php.net wrote:

> ID: 14131
> Updated by: sander
> Old Summary: include "http" problem
> Reported By: mike@onlinetvuk.com
> Status: Bogus
> Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem
> Operating System: Windows Server 2000
> PHP Version: 4.0.6
> New Comment:
> 
> Read the docs. include() and require() do not work on Windows on remote
> files.
> Alternative: readfile()
> 
> 
> Previous Comments:
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> 
> [2002-01-24 11:27:25] mike@onlinetvuk.com
> 
> So why not post that as a solution in the first place ??
> As we and MOST others download pre compiled binaries to use on our full
> production sites.
> 
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> 
> [2002-01-24 11:24:51] sesser@php.net
> 
> Still is a configuration error...
> You must enable remote includes at compile time.
> 
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> 
> [2002-01-24 11:21:13] mike@onlinetvuk.com
> 
> PHP on IIS does not have external includes they just do work. We we
> posted this before we were told it is a config error, it is not it is
> an error loclal includes work but not http:// includes even with php as
> a module on apache.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> [2001-11-20 03:13:58] mfischer@php.net
> 
> This is most likely a configuration problem. Please ask such questions
> on php-general@lists.php.net
> 
> Bogus
> 
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> 
> [2001-11-19 21:34:26] mike@onlinetvuk.com
> 
> include ("http://www.somesite.com/somepage.html");
> 
> Worked perfect on our unix box and our win98 machines but when we
> installed PHP on our Windows server it no longer worked and tottaly
> ignored the include unless we used the path instead like.
> 
> include ("somepage.html"); 
> 
> bugs@liveuk.org
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=14131&edit=1
> 
> 
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