accessing file from remote computer

unable to access file

[sasip_hyd]

I am unable to access a text file in a remote PC from my server.In my PHP5 .ini file, allow_url_fopen is "on" and allow_url_include is "off". The code used was

<?php
$filename="file:\\erp3\sasi.txt";
if (file_exists($filename)){
echo "Yes";}
else {
echo "No";}
?>
The output is "No". The file "sasi.txt" is in sharing mode in that PC.I am able to open it in my server PC through My Network Places in Windows XP. The address above is pasted from the address bar of My Network Places.

[vincevincevince]

In my PHP5 .ini file, allow_url_fopen is "on" and allow_url_include is "off".

I'm afraid that url_fopen does not apply to file:\\ (or file:///) paths. You need to use a local web-server on that PC and then access it by http: //192.168.?.?/erp3/sasi.txt

[sasip_hyd]

Thank you vincevincevince

But does that mean that it is impossible to read a file from a remote computer in the network in the normal way (other than through http and ftp)in PHP?

[phranque]

welcome to WebmasterWorld, sasip_hyd!

the file: protocol works in some browsers to access local or network attached files.

the file_exists function takes a file path argument (not a url) which may specify the computer in the path name for network shared files on windows.