There are many ways to do this but include/require are
not among them. Please ask further support questions
on the mailing lists found at: http://www.php.net/support.php
--Jani
On 21 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>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:
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>[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
>
>
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>[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.
>
>
>
>
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>[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.
>
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>[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?
>
>
>
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>[2001-11-21 14:46:07] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Please do not ask the same question twice in the bug system.
>
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>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
>
>
>
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