php include in footer? HELP

i want to add footers to all my sites and control them via 1 file so i made a folder called footers and added it to my website i then placed a php file in it called links.php so i had http://website.com/footers/links.php

then on my other sites i added this code

<?php include ("http://website.com/footers/links.php"); ?>

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but they dont load the footers it just gives me Warning: include() [function.include]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration and other warnings how do i fix that?

 

try this instead...

<?php include "http://website.com/footers/links.php"; ?>

 

that didnt work.

Warning: include() [function.include]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /home/hoky/public_html/inc/footer.php on line 4

Warning: include(http://website.com/footers/links.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /home/hoky/public_html/inc/footer.php on line 4

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'http://website.com/footers/links.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/hoky/public_html/inc/footer.php on line 4

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It looks like your host has remote file includes disabled most likely for security. I would send them a ticket.

 

or you could try doing this as a work around..

<?
$a = file_get_contents("http://www.somedomain.com/file.php");
echo ($a);
?>

 

In your footer.php, what does it says on line 4?

 

if it is in the same server, use reference

<?php include ("footers/links.php"); ?>

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on an external server

$footer=file_get_contents("http://website.com/footers/links.php";

echo $footer; 

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that one worked thank you

+rep to you all.