including one php file in multiple sites

[rodeored]

I have a php file which includes some commonly used functions. These are functions I have been working on for years and I still update them. I include this file on all php pages on all my websites. However, since I have a separate copy of the file on each website, sometimes it is complicated keeping them all updated. Is there a way to have all my websites access the same copy of this file ?

I have tried to include using
include "http://oneofmysites.com/functions.php"
but that doesn't work.

[-Oz-]

i think the best/only way to do it is with fopen. include doesn't allow urls.

[Elite]

Include does allow urls if "URL fopen wrappers" is enabled - Which I don't think they are at dathorn (for security I assume)...

[Buddha]

Why not just script the FTP?

Wrote something similiar in Perl to sync my development and production sites. I solved the common function problem by building my scripts (using Perl again) from a central library.

Something like ...

#!/user/bin/perl
use Net::FTP;

$filename = 'c://code/includes/super.php';
%project = (
  'ftp_username' => 'username_here',
  'ftp_path' => '/httpdocs/includes',
  'ftp_host' => 'ftp.domain.com',
  'ftp_password' => 'password_here'
);

# Open the connection to the host
$ftp = Net::FTP->new($project{'ftp_host'});
$ftp->login($project{'ftp_username'}, $project{'ftp_password'});

# Put the file on the server
$ftp->put($filename, $project{'ftp_path'});

# All done
$ftp->quit;

... which probably needs some debugging. It's just to give you a general idea how easy it is in Perl. Can do it in PHP too.

[djn]

If your websites are all on the same server you might share the thing putting a line
include_path="/home/yourusername/yourshareddir/"
into a php.ini file on each website.
Been using this for a while with a centralized installation of Smarty and AdoDB without a hitch.

[Elite]

If your websites are all on the same server you might share the thing putting a line
include_path="/home/yourusername/yourshareddir/"
into a php.ini file on each website.
Been using this for a while with a centralized installation of Smarty and AdoDB without a hitch.

Nice - I like this

[rodeored]

If your websites are all on the same server you might share the thing putting a line
include_path="/home/yourusername/yourshareddir/"
into a php.ini file on each website.
Been using this for a while with a centralized installation of Smarty and AdoDB without a hitch.

Thanks- that works fine for the sites I have at Dathorn, which eliminates most of my multiple copies of functions problem. Now if I can just get all my web site customers to switch to Dathorn !