"file_get_contents" does not work as expected

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I setup a function to get the output of another page. But i am only getting back the file contents. I cant figure out why? Here is my code:

$from = date('d.m.Y'); $to = date('d.m.Y', strtotime('+30 day', time())); $postdata = http_build_query( array( 'set' => $from, 'to' => $to ) ); $opts = array('http' => array( 'method' => 'POST', 'header' => 'Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'content' => $postdata ) ); $context = stream_context_create($opts); $list = file_get_contents($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . 'Events.php', false, $context);

Like this you're opening the file, but i assume you want to execute to get the result — davejal
– davejal, Commented Nov 14, 2015 at 15:08

Elentriel · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-14 15:06:54Z

file_get_contents() on filesystem will read the file as a text file. You have to call it through its uri instead to get it to execute.

it is not 1 function, but two, alternating what it does given filesystem (pretty much fopen the file, read the entirety of the file, return the content), and what it does given a url (do a GET call on the url, get its contents, return the entirety of its contents)

so just replace $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] with $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] and you should be ok

Thanks for your help, i had to add 'https://'. first now am getting back the content.
my pleasure. Please add this answer as accepted if it helped you

clemens321 · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-14 15:12:01Z

If you want to include another local php file you have to include() or require() it.

$list = include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . 'Events.php');

While include() throws a warning if the file does not exist or is unreadable, require() throws a fatal error. With this way you get what the named file returns using the return-keyword.

To get the php output you can use ob_start():

ob_start(); include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . 'Events.php'); $list = ob_get_clean();

Another way is to use a separate http-Get but this means more overhead.

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