Re: PHP and SSL Path Reference

From: Matt Grimm (mgrimm_at_healthtvchannel.org)
Date: 12/29/03 

To: php-general@lists.php.net
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:07:08 -0900

In response to your first problem:

"As long as allow_url_fopen is enabled in php.ini, you can use HTTP and FTP
URLs with most of the functions that take a filename as a parameter. In
addition, URLs can be used with the include(), include_once(), require() and
require_once() statements. "

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/features.remote-files.php 

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"D.H." <dhines@indy.net> wrote in message
news:20031229203700.65785.qmail@pb1.pair.com...
> PROBLEM 1
> I am trying to implement SSL with PHP.  When trying to use the include()
> function
> to insert an external PHP file, I am only able to make it work in the
local
> directory
> and without SSL.
>
> I believe the following calls to external files should be correct;
> however, the include function is not successfull with the complete
> URL.
>
> Example
>                 "include ('test.php');" works fine
>                 "include ('http://www.myURL.com/mySubdirectory/test.php');
> does not work.
>
> RELATED PROBLEM 2
> When emplementing the SSL I am using my IP's certificate.  Using their
> certificate, I can
> establish an SSL connection directly...ie.
> https://www.myIPDomain.com/myLoginID/mySubdirectories/test.php
> inserted into my browser establishes an SSL connection and the php test
> script works fine.
>
> When I reference this test script from another PHP script using the
> include() or require() function, the
> script does display the contents of the reference.  The code is as
follows:
>
>
> File 1 with external reference:
> https://www.myIPDomain.com/myLoginID/mySubdirectories/testinclude.php
>
> File 1 Contents:
> <?PHP
>         echo "Following should be the display of the Test File";
>         include
> 'https://wwwmyIPDomain.com/myLoginID/mySubdirectories/testinclude.php";
> ?>
>
> File2 (file I am trying to include):
> https://www.myIPDomain.com/myLoginID/mySubdirectories/test.php
>
> Contents:
> <?PHP
>         echo "<b><br><br>This is the contents of the Test PHP File<b>";
> ?>
>
> When I call File 1, I can only get the following output:
>
>     "Following should be the display of the Test File"
>
> I think it is a matter of relative vs absolute references...but not sure.
>
> Using the following setup
>     Hardware -- SunOS www1 5.7 Generic_106541-12 sun4u
>     Apache ver 1.3.26
>     PHP ver 4.3.1
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated...
>
> Regards,
>
> D.H.

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