PHP and SSL Path Reference

PROBLEM 1 I am trying to implement SSL with PHP. When trying to use the include() function to insert an external PHP file, I am only able to make it work in the local directory and without SSL. I believe the following calls to external files should be correct; however, the include function is not successfull with the complete URL. Example "include ('test.php');" works fine "include ('http://www.myURL.com/mySubdirectory/test.php'); does not work. RELATED PROBLEM 2 When emplementing the SSL I am using my IP's certificate. Using their certificate, I can establish an SSL connection directly...ie. https://www.myIPDomain.com/myLoginID/mySubdirectories/test.php inserted into my browser establishes an SSL connection and the php test script works fine. When I reference this test script from another PHP script using the include() or require() function, the script does display the contents of the reference. The code is as follows: File 1 with external reference: https://www.myIPDomain.com/myLoginID/mySubdirectories/testinclude.php File 1 Contents: <?PHP echo "Following should be the display of the Test File"; include 'https://wwwmyIPDomain.com/myLoginID/mySubdirectories/testinclude.php"; ?> File2 (file I am trying to include): https://www.myIPDomain.com/myLoginID/mySubdirectories/test.php Contents: <?PHP echo "<b><br><br>This is the contents of the Test PHP File<b>"; ?> When I call File 1, I can only get the following output: "Following should be the display of the Test File" I think it is a matter of relative vs absolute references...but not sure. Using the following setup Hardware -- SunOS www1 5.7 Generic_106541-12 sun4u Apache ver 1.3.26 PHP ver 4.3.1 Any suggestions are appreciated... Regards, D.H.