: Trying to include a file from parent domain in subdomain? I am trying to include a php file from a parent domain in a subdomain. In subdomain.parentdomain.com/test.php i have include ('/var/www/vhosts/parentdomain.com/website/

@Courtney195

$url = file_get_contents('http://example.com/page.html');

You can get the contents of an external domain with this method. If this is somehow slower than calling the file directly from your server directory and that's the problem please do let me know.

If the issue is that you cannot use file_get_contents or similar commands with your PHP settings, you have to log into your PHP root control panel and modify your PHP. You need to set settings such as urlopen (or commands similar to that name) to ON. I've had to modify these settings in the past with new servers that I've setup.

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@Twilah146

You can change PHP settings and the document root.

This should will help you to include files:

<?php

include_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/../inc/header.php';


This part is the trick: /../

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