Thread: Remote Include Files?

Code:

 
file_get_contents(path_to_the_file);

Nope, that don't work either:

"URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration"

then try CURL.
If that doesn't work, change hosting company...

Well here's how I handle remote includes with cURL in PHP:

<?php

function includeFileV2($url) {

// Initiate the curl session
$ch = curl_init();
$timeout = 5;

// Point curl to the irl we want
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);

// Set some cURL options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout);

// Get the file contents
$file_contents = curl_exec($ch);

// Close the curl session
curl_close($ch);

$content = implode('', array($file_contents));

// Return the content
return $content;

}

?>

Sorry for not wrapping this in php bb code, but its just not working for me on this forum, keeps stripping my variables!

Where do I put my url in that example?

the example given it's a function, therefor you can add it to a common include file in the header of your website, then when you want to display your message you call it

echo includeFileV2(url_to_page_here) ;

why not use an iframe?

Originally Posted by reverbstudios

...I need this footer code to be readable by Google...

Now SEO is not one of my strong points and I stand to be corrected but I don't think content in iFrames is indexed by Google.

Hi, you can find out more info of how Google handles iframes here:
Frames - Webmasters/Site owners Help