Ummm, what exactly is your solution? What did you go with, or what are
you going with?

On 8/24/05, Gustav Wiberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> Thanx for the help!
> 
> And everybody else that helped me with the solution of course! :-)
> 
> /G
> @varupiraten.se
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rory Browne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Jim Moseby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] possible to get a function from another domain
> 
> 
> I withdraw my information in my earlier post.
> 
> I was in a cybercafe in a hurry - and didn't have time to consider
> what was said, nor what I was saying myself.
> 
> What I said before has little or not merit.
> 
> You can make an experimental interface, and parse the html without the
> other domain owners co-operation(although it may be considered rude to
> do it without his consent). Your interface breaks when he changes his
> system.
> 
> You can get him to create an XML page, that you can parse, if you have
> his co-operation, or you could possibly get him to create an XML-RPC
> or SOAP interface to his site.
> 
> On 8/23/05, Jim Moseby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > > Can I use require with http?
> > >
> > > My domain: www.varupiraten.se
> > >
> > > Other domain: www.webshop2.se
> > >
> > > Does this kind of code work?
> > >
> > > Code for my domain:
> > > <?php
> > > require(http://www.webshop2.se/externfunctions.php);
> > > $x = getValueFromProduct('Inno AX5000'); //This function
> > > retrieves price
> > >
> > > from webshop2.se
> > > ?
> > > [/snip]
> > >
> > > Have you tried it?
> > >
> > > Really, unless you own the the other domain and have a way to
> > > access the
> > > data, you really cannot do this without some sort of screen
> > > scraping or
> > > URL munging. Let us say that you know the product listing for
> > > the other
> > > domain is something like
> > >
> > > http://www.webshop2.com/productInfo.php?product=Inno_AX5000
> > >
> > > You could retrieve that data and manipulate it.
> > >
> >
> > But even if you did, you're giving the other guy the power to break your
> > site.  All he has to do is change the URL or the format of the page, and
> > BOOM, your site croaks.
> >
> > So a relevant question is: "Do you have control of the other site, or at
> > least the cooperation of the other site's owner?"
> >
> > JM
> >
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