Calling a local PHP file

[williamZanelli]

Hi guys,

 

I'm grappling with a small issue I have.

 

I need to call a local PHP file, from inside another PHP file..

 

Some for example, I would like to call the file modeule.php, using the 2 variables.. from inside max.php.

 

max.php

<?php
//required to call the module.php
/module.php?var1=xyz&var2=abc

?>

What the best way of achieveing this?

Thanks

Will

[laPistola]

with out knowing what the vars will achive i would say either

 

include(modeule.php)

 

then make the vars do what ever

 

or maybe use the cURL lib if you need it to return a string or something.

[williamZanelli]

Right..

 

But the prob I have is, I cant modify module.php... which takes it variable via $_GET,

 

So how do I pass variables to the

include(module.php)

??

 

Do you have any examples of cURL...?

 

Thanks

 

Will

[laPistola]

You cant pass vars via include() as for as i know

 

the cURL im working on at min is for a working google map geo query so i have just copied and pasted but changed the URL

 

<?php
$url = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "modeule.php?var1=xyz&var2=abc"; // make this the direct path to the file
$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER,0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);

$data = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
?>

 

This will return a string in to the $data var but you will need to set up your modeule.php file to return the data.

[haku]

You don't need to pass the variables to the included file - once you include it, all variables in the calling file (and environment) are available to it.

[williamZanelli]

Right,

 

Thanks for the info guys..

 

Which approach is the best then?

 

I want something efficient and robust.

 

Thanks for your thoughts thus far, you have been wonderful.

[Daniel0]

Just include or require the file. The variables that are accessible the place you include from will be available in the included file as well, as haku said.

[laPistola]

The include/require is by far the best way