I am unable to include a remote PHP file in my PHP script. I suppose my hosting changed php settings.
The code I was using was:
include "http://domain.com/folder/file.php";
How do I allow enable the include function using php.ini/.htaccess ?
Is there any other workaround?
Thanks.
To allow inclusion of remote files, the directive
allow_url_include
must be set toOn
in php.iniBut it is bad, in a security-oriented point of view ; and, so, it is generally disabled (I've never seen it enabled, actually)
It is not the same as
allow_url_fopen
, which deals with opening (and not including) remote files -- and this one is generally enabled, because it makes fetching of data through HTTP much easier (easier than using curl)To use remote includes, the allow_url_fopen and allow_url_include option must be set in php.ini
Be aware that if the remote server is php-enabled, you'll get the output of that remote script, not the script itself. If you do want to fetch the source, you could add a symlink on the remote server, e.g.
ln -s file.php file.php.source
and then make your include reference file.php.source instead.