Include function from a third party website

[themistral]

Hi guys,

 

I want to call a function from a third party website.

I have included the file and know that is working ok.

 

However, the function in this external file is not listed in the functions available to my website.

How can I use this function?

 

Can anyone help with this?

 

Thanks!

[JAY6390]

If the file is parsed on the remote server before you receive it then you won't get it into your code. You need the file to be output. If you type the url directly into your browser can you see the correct code when you view the source?

[themistral]

Thanks for the reply Jay.

 

Yes the function works as expected on the external url - if that's what you meant.

How do I force the file to be output?

[JAY6390]

If you have access to the remove server you can create a simple script to output the data, or even ftp onto the server and retrieve the file via phps ftp functions. if not, you wont be able to do this

[themistral]

Ah, ok. Thanks for the help Jay. I will have a play and see what I can do!

[CodeMaster]

Well I think you need a webservice to do this like Soap or XML-RPC. What does the function do? Do you want to call the function from server A and then the function runs "something" on server B and returns output to server A? Then you definitely need SOAP or something for this.

[themistral]

Thanks for the reply CodeMaster.

 

Website B parses variable to the function on Website A, which then processes the information and returns that info for use on Website B.