php include help...!

I'm basically trying to pull some posts from my SMF forum to my website but I keep getting an error:

you should remove "home/username/mydomain.com" in the path.

try

ok still no good...same errors. :(

Edited by chrisfz on 01/18/07 09:44 PM (server time).

this error indicates that php can't locate the file.

May I know where the file that executes include is and where the SSI file is?

I can give you an example.

if you have a file test.php in domain.com/test folder and you want to include a file test2.php in domain.com/test/forums folder, the codes in test.php file will be something like include("forums/test2.php");

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<?php include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"].'/forums/SSI.php?ssi_function=boardNews;board=2.0;limit=5;length=2500'); ?>

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I'm no PHP expert (far from it), but as I understand it, the line you are using above should indeed return the full path to SSI.php.

Have you checked all the obvious things? Such as, does /mydomain.com/forums/SSI.php actually exist? Is the capitalization for the directory and file name correct? Remember, under Linux SSI.php and ssi.php are considered different file names.

Mark

if you use $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"], it always returns the root folder which is your "mydomain.com"

where is your folder "forum" located? Is it located in the root folder? Can you access the file from "http://www.mydomain.com/forums/ssi.php"?

The problem must be that you are looking for the file in the wrong folder.

this is driving me nuts! :/

i single out the problem based on your suggestions but i still get no luck.

The paths are correct. I inserted test.php in "forums/" in replace of ssi.php, and it works!

however, for some reason, inserting just 'forums/test.php' in the include did not work, i had to insert "$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] aswell to make it work...

At this point, i thought the culprit must be the ssi.php; so i went ahead and setup a localhost and
include it with the direct link, http://mydomain.com/forums/SSI.php?ssi_function=boardNews;board=2.0;limit=1;length=2500, just to see
if it gives me an error. Guess what, it works!


maybe this is an issue with DH's php setup, and i need to enable some options in order for this to work? I've heard you can
install a custom php in your account but i'm not really good a that. :/

i know i'm one step closer nailing this thing! :)

What does SSI.php actually do?

you mean just include "forums/SSI.php"?

Well it does nothing, i get no errors. I assume it reads the correct path. But in order for it to function i have to include "?ssi_function=boardNews;board=2.0" with it. That's where the trouble begins...

So the problem must be in the function, and not in the inclusion itself.

thanks for the suggestions guys but i think i figured it out. =)

<?php
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://mydomain.com/forums/SSI.php?ssi_function=boardNews;board=2.0;limit=1;length=2500");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
?>

instead of:

<?php include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/forums/SSI.php?ssi_function=boardNews;board=2.0;limit=1;length=2500'); ?>

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i think i figured it out

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Wait a minute. Are you saying that SSI.php is not on the same domain as the include?

No, they are on same domain.

Basically, <?php include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/includes/ssi.php"); ?> should work with no problem.

But the reason i'm getting an error was because i'm passing variables to an included file, that is, "?ssi_function=boardNews;board=2.0;limit=1;length=2500"

After reading the wiki i found out the only way for those to work together is to install a custom php or simply use cURL.

Okay. I get it now.