Include external file in ebay listing.

[QuizToon]

Hi All,

 

I want to include my terms and conditions in an ebay listing.

 

The reason for this is to ease the process if and when i need to change the terms.

 

I stopped using eBay about a year ago and back then is used this code to display my terms withing the eBay lisitng.

 

<?php include ('http://www.example.com/terms.php'); ?>

 

NOw when i put that code into the listing it doesnt display.

 

I tested this out on my own server and it didnt display there either so I now it isnt eBay.

 

I also tried emoving the brackets without success.

 

The only way I can get it to display as include on my server is to use a relative path, which isnt the result I need

 

Has something changed in the past year?

 

Is there another way to display an external file using an absolute path to an external file?

 

Many Thanks

 

 

[NotionCommotion]

I've never used a URL with include.  Appears to work provided you have the appropriate wrappers.  That being said, I would highly recommend not doing so, and store it locally, or use curl if it really needs to be remote.  I would be interested in other opinions.

Warning: include(): http:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow_url_include=0 in /var/www/main/html/testing/include.php on line 2

Warning: include(http://php.net/manual/en/function.include.php): failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /var/www/main/html/testing/include.php on line 2

Warning: include(): Failed opening 'http://php.net/manual/en/function.include.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php') in /var/www/main/html/testing/include.php on line 2

[ginerjm]

Perhaps you want to pose these questions to Ebay tech support to see what they changed.

[QuickOldCar]

If ebay ever let you add that into a listing they were messing up, usually sites only allow html and some javascript in posts.

 

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-javascript.html

 

 

 

As for your own site, assumes the local path within own server

<?php include('terms.php'); ?>

You can use the servers document root as well

<?php
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."terms.php");
?>

dirname is another way

<?php
include(dirname(__FILE__) . 'terms.php');
?>

I like to do it this way to deal with the separators

<?php
include(dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'terms.php')
?>

including external sites

 

file_get_contents

<?php
$terms = file_get_contents('http://www.example.com/terms.php');
echo $terms;
?>

curl as NotionCommotion mentioned

 

iframe it and do the sizing

<iframe src="http://www.example.com/terms.php"></iframe>

[NotionCommotion]

 

including external sites

 

file_get_contents

curl as NotionCommotion mentioned

iframe it and do the sizing

 

 

Another option is include() per http://php.net/manual/en/function.include.php.  Bad idea?

 

 

If "URL include wrappers" are enabled in PHP, you can specify the file to be included using a URL (via HTTP or other supported wrapper - see Supported Protocols and Wrappers for a list of protocols) instead of a local pathname. If the target server interprets the target file as PHP code, variables may be passed to the included file using a URL request string as used with HTTP GET. This is not strictly speaking the same thing as including the file and having it inherit the parent file's variable scope; the script is actually being run on the remote server and the result is then being included into the local script.

 

 

I would expect file_get_contents() is typically the best choice.

[CroNiX]

I would expect file_get_contents() is typically the best choice.

Not really, curl would be more bulletproof as it will work no matter what. file_get_contents() relies on certain fopen wrappers being enabled, which may vary from server to server.

[NotionCommotion]

Not really, curl would be more bulletproof as it will work no matter what. file_get_contents() relies on certain fopen wrappers being enabled, which may vary from server to server.

Thanks and understood.  But you agree using include() on a URL (even with wrappers) is likely never a good idea?

[CroNiX]

I wouldn't, for the same reason. It requires special settings to be enabled to work on URLs. In shared hosting, you don't often have direct control of php.ini to enable/disable things.