Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/27/07 10:40

Pugi! wrote:
> On 27 aug, 12:13, Pugi! <pugin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> For obtaining the contents of a file one can use the file_get_contents
>> function.
>> But when I try to use this function to get the contents of file
>> including a querystring I always get a failed to open stream, no such
>> file or directory.
>> $str = file_get_contents('/dir1/dir2/dir3/file.php?
>> param1=12&param2=log&param3=5');
>> The contents of the file can either be text or json encoded.
>> For an xml response it works $xml->load('/dir1/dir2/dir3/file.php?
>> param1=12&param2=log&param3=5').
>> But it should be possible for txt or json too .. I guess ?
>> What other functions are there to get the contents of a file with
>> querystring ?
>>
>> thanx,
>>
>> Pugi!
>
> It is information I want to send from one php file to another.
> Should I use a specific header when sending json encoded information
> like one has to in the case of xml ?
>
> Pugi!
>

file_get_contents() does just that - it fetches the contents of the
file. Nothing more, nothing less.

The only way you can pass a query string to a file is to get it through
the web server - that is, load it as a URL. But that requires an
additional round trip to the server and added overhead.

Maybe you should rethink your design.

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