Hi all

ok this is what im trying to do:

I have a php site up and i want to use the config.php file from a differnt site to pull in the info.

this is the top of the index.php

PHP Code:

<?php include("http://www.limaservices.com/offsiteconfigs/tips_config.php"); ?>
<?php
?>

The file is at the url

then im adding adding this to the code on the site where i want to pull in the info.

PHP Code:

<?php echo $site1_name ?>

But alas nothing is showing up, im getting no errors so im lost .
Prob me being thick again but any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
mark

You have to have a majorly unsecure server to allow a external include.

and when it does include the tips_config.php will be parsed so you only get the html output which is probs nothing.

So it wont work.

If you're trying to get data from another server or domain, do some research on web services. Specifically, XML-RPC, SOAP, and REST.

internetking - Including files from a separate domain is a really bad idea, in general, and most PHP setups don't allow it. If I were you, I would just copy the configuration file over to your new sites directory. If you're hosting the two sites on the same server, you could put the the file outside the web root and reference it dynamically.

Assuming the following file structure

-www
--site1.com
---etc
---etc2
--site2.com
---etc
---etc2

Put the file you want included inside the www folder (assuming its not web accessible) and include from the site1 and site2 directories with

require_once('../file_to_include.php');