[Phpwm] subdomains & includes

[Phil Beynon]

> > So:
> > subdomain.example.com
> > has:
> > include(/admin/config/siteconfig.php);
> > and that works just fine for seeing the database.
> >
> > But
> > www.example.com
> > has:
> > include(http://subdomain.example.com/admin/configs/siteconfig.php);
> > (which can be see to be working from an echo to the page so its not an
> > incorrect path)
> 
> 
> When you include something via http, then the content that gets included  
> will be whatever you get were you to visit the URL in a browser, i.e.  
> apache (or equivalent) is serving the config file as a PHP file, 
> and code  
> is executed. So you'll notice echo'd text, but assignment of 
> variables has  
> no impact on the code that does the include-ing.

So it appears! 

> One option is to rename the file to a '.inc', but then of course anyone  
> can view the contents so probably not sensible for a config file...

That, in the context of the content of the file would be a "bad thing" :-)

> If the files are on the same machine, then you just need to access them  
> via the appropriate filepath.
> 
> Greg
> 
I had it in my head that I'd read somewhere that there was a way of telling either PHP or Apache that if it was from the same instance of Apache or IP address that it would behave differently. 

Phil