Topic: Problem with php include function on localhost apache2.2

[donnpe]

Hi

I am having problems getting the PHP include function working on my new Apache2.2 installation on my new laptop (locahost).

My standard PHP files work fine (e.g. phpinfo() shows everything is good) however if I have a file – e.g. testinclude.php below, which includes another file on localhost, I get a browser error. Including a file on another server is fine:

This works - i.e. when including page on another server:

<?php
include("http://"."www.hertsholistichealth.co.uk"."/testpage.html);
?>

This includes a file on localhost and produces an error when entered into the browser:

<?php
include("http://localhost/testpage.html"); // Produces browser error below
?>

Error when entering http://locahost/testinclude.php into browser:

Warning: include(http://localhost/testpage.html) [function.include]: failed to open stream: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. In C:\Users\peter\Documents\WebSites\HHH\testinclude.php on line 3

I would greatly appreciate any help on what could be going wrong with the localhost include.

Thanks
Peter

[James Blond]

on your local server you should open an include with a relative path or the file system path.
e.g.

[donnpe]

Hi

Actually your suggestion did work, however I want a generic include to work both on localhost and also on my web server when I upload it. So I am actually using:

include("http://".$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"]."/testinclude.php");

When I use file_get_content I get the same error.

Thanks
Peter

[James Blond]

As I told before, use the relativ path! That will work on your local server and on the external server.

[donnpe]

Hi

The issue is that it needs to be a URL as I have a query string. In my real code the line actually is:

include("http://".$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"]."/services/php/serviceDetails.php?selectlabel=Acupuncture&service_ID=78");

I assume that I can't use the relative path in that case?

Many thanks
Peter

[wm003]

There is no issue. if you really want to let servicedetails.php parse get parameters then just add them

[hakunam]

Also check your ini settings what you want is pretty easy everybody does it..

[vegitaboss]

It worked for me