Topic: SSI include question

[Zackary]

Ok, so I did search the forum for this topic and found lots of posts, tried all the suggestions and it still doesn't work.

Ok, so here's my situation:

Using UBB.Threads with the IIP add on (Integrated Index Page, available via the Threads Dev site.

I wrote a custom "PAL", that's what they call it , anyways, wrote the custom PAL to show a random pic from the photo album, problem is, using the SSI feature, it errors out, or shows the text from the page I wrote.

It's all in PHP of course and I've tried all the options listed, but it just doesn't work. The problem I think is that the PAL actually gets included on the index page, and inside the PAL, I'm trying to include this SSI link...

Suggestions anyone?

Thanks in advance!

[Mike Bobbitt]

Can you just do a regular <?php include ... ?> statement?

[Zackary]

Yes, tried it, this is what I get.

Warning: Failed opening 'http://album.sofguild.com/cgi-bin/album/album.pl?random=1;ssi=1' for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in c:\webs\forum\pals\randomphotopal.php on line 1

The file referred to contains only this line:

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<?php include ("http://album.sofguild.com/cgi-bin/album/album.pl?random=1;ssi=1"); ?>
I've also tried:

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<?php include ("http://album.sofguild.com/cgi-bin/album/album.pl?random=1;ssi=1") ?>

Without the semi-colon and same results.

Basically... this index page, includes a page, that includes, a page, in which I'm trying to include the random pic. LOL I think that's right.

[Mike Bobbitt]

Hmmm, that should work, I think. The PHP incldue page (http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php) shows no brackets, but I don't think that's the problem. Looks more like PHP is treating your HTTP include as a regular file...

[Zackary]

Well, the odd thing is, I actually get the same error just trying to load the page with the simple include on it.

Give it a try, it's a simple file, one line.

http://forum.sofguild.com/pals/randomphotopal.php

It just calls the SSI: http://album.sofguild.com/cgi-bin/album/album.pl?random=1;ssi=1

THAT link actually works. hehe Ohh so much fun!

I wonder if somehow, I'm still not doing the include correctly... Hurmm...

[Mike Bobbitt]

Odd... Can you do *any* includes? Maybe something's broken with your PHP install... Try including a local text file or something...

Also, here's some additional info: http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/2022

Cheers

[Zackary]

Actually... it might be some type of path issue...

I was able to include a test text file from the same directory I ran the PHP page from, but I tried running the same script, with the file stored on another of my sites (same server, different URL) and it failed...

Strange... going to muck about a bit more. I'm running on WIN2K so that link you provided didn't help.

Any other ideas, toss em my way.

[Zackary]

Did some more checking... When I do a path based off the physical location on my server, i.e. ../mypath/testinclude.php, it works on the text file include.

But when I do the same thing on the album SSI, it fails.

So, I'm stumped again.  

[Mike Bobbitt]

That makes 2 of us!