ID: 14165 User updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 4.0.5 New Comment:
Okay, there's some simple sample code at bug 14164. Basic idea is that I have 2 machines, one public, one firewalled and non-routed. The public one should be able to access the database on the private one, but nobody else should. Thanks for the attention! Steve Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-11-21 17:01:34] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe if you added some example script here (which you think should work) we might understand what you mean? And note that include/require don't return anything. They are language constructs, not functions. --Jani ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-11-21 16:35:14] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Brian, Marco et al: Sorry to be persistent, but I am pretty sure that my postings have been misunderstood, and the last reply I just got from Marco confirms it. I'm hoping once you understand the question, the "bogus" nature of the question will go away. According to the php "include()" manual, and in my own experience, it is perfectly valid to request that a remote file be executed as php, using include() or require(). One need only compile using "URL fopen wrappers": (manual quotes in [[[ ]]]) [[[If "URL fopen wrappers" are enabled in PHP (which they are in the default configuration), you can specify the file to be include() ed using an URL instead of a local pathname. See Remote files and fopen() for more information. ]]] It is also possible to pass variables to the include()ed file: [[[ If the require() ed file is called via HTTP using the fopen wrappers, and if the target server interprets the target file as PHP code, variables may be passed to the require() ed file using an URL request string as used with HTTP GET. This is not strictly speaking the same thing as require() ing the file and having it inherit the parent file's variable scope; the script is actually being run on the remote server and the result is then being included into the local script. ]]] SO: The missing feature/doc is: How do I get the require()ed file to pass back some string information? I can't use the HTTP GET-style request string, or even the return() function within an include() (because it only returns an integer). I don't think this is a bogus request, it seems to me to be a logical extension of the URL request idea. If it's currently impossible, I'm looking for a workaround. Marco's suggestion to print out the database using cvs doesn't change anything, since I still can't pass a string back. Best regards, Steve Rapaport. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-11-21 15:55:06] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, what are you means with remote? include("http://www.mysite.com/phpscript.php"); Dont work. the .php are parsed befor and you cant get source to your script. If you need content from a database so print's it as csv and use the output in your script. http://www.php.net/csv -- Marco Btw. Ask this type of question on the general or dev mailing list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-11-21 15:47:59] [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is not the same as 14164. Thanks for the quick response, Brian. I appreciate that the remote file is parsed remotely, and so the var spaces are on different machines. Here's a rephrase of 14165: Given that it *is* possible to pass variable values to a remotely INCLUDE()d file using GET-style syntax, HOW DOES ONE GET ANYTHING BACK? Include appears only to return a single integer, at best. The remotely included file is calling a database and retrieving values. How does the calling file access them? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-11-21 14:46:07] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not ask the same question twice in the bug system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/?id=14165 Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=14165&edit=1 -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]