configure problem?

hi, got a question on the usage of include: when i do something like this: <? include('http://www.myurl.com'); ?> where my php file is located under the same directory structure of www.my.url.com, the browse seems keep on loading until it returns a blank page. does this mean that php can't include any file located in the same directory structure of itself? or is it more like a configuration problem? here's my configure command from phpinfo(), if this helps: './configure' '--prefix=/opt/third-party/depot/Linux-2.2c2.1-i686/php-4.0.5' '--with-apache=/workplace/dpd/btp/apache_1.3.20' '--enable-bcmath' '--with-config-file-path=/opt/third-party/depot/Linux-2.2c2.1-i686/php-4.0.5 /lib' '--enable-exif' '--enable-track-vars' '--with-calendar=shared' '--enable-safe-mode' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--enable-trans-sid' '--enable-wddx' '--enable-ftp' '--with-ldap' thank you! /bw