including external php file and executing a command

[asantos]

hi
i have two different servers, and i need to call a php of server B from server A, so i did this:

SERVER A:
index.php has:
include('http://server-b/file.php');

The content of file.php is:
phpinfo();

... but phpinfo() throws info about server B instead of its parent file SERVER A.

Is there any way to accomplish that?

[coopster]

No, you cannot read the code from the file when including via HTTP. The included file will always be parsed by the server. You could script some workarounds though on server B that would push the code out to you instead of the PHP-parsed document.

[borntobeweb]

Try using file_get_contents(), so:

SERVER A:
$output = file_get_contents('http://server-b/file.php');
print $output;

[asantos]

borntobeweb: mm that would not work, because i need the code to be executed by managing SERVER A's files.