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file_get_contents to do a http request on the same domain

I'm trying to use file_get_contents to retrieve the output a browser would receive from another file on the same domain. I've moved to another server and now it always gets a timeout. Below is a sample of what I'm trying to do.

index.php

<?php
echo file_get_contents('http://'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].'/sample.php');
?>

sample.php

<?php
echo 'test';
?>

Any ideas what might be the cause of this problem?

EDIT Our server manager mentioned something about apache not responding to localhost, does that perhaps ring a bell?

Thank you

Solution

  • Are you sure the URL is actually correct? Have you tried using $_SERVER ['HTTP_HOST'] instead? On the machine that runs PHP, what does the host from the generated URL resolve to? Has your web server (Apache?) been set up listen on the localhost interface?