[ALUG] How to display result of remote PHP script within a HTMLpage

Tue Dec 4 14:42:15 GMT 2007

Hi Phil,

> Your problem here is that the counter page is not generating valid
> ECMAscript (aka Javascript) to insert elements into the outer page.

Oh dear... sounds like this little project is a bit more complex than I 
thought.

> There are a couple of solutions that spring to mind:
>
> [1] Counter page generates valid ECMAscript, eg:
>    document.write(counter);
>
> [2] Counter page generates valid HTML, which you include in an IFRAME:
>    <html><body>$counter</body></html>
>    main page contains: <iframe src="...counter.php?page=main"/>

Thanks for those helpful suggestions, and the suggestions of other ALUGers. 
I will try a few experiments along the lines of what you suggest.

> [3] Since it's PHP, just include the counter page in all other pages?
>    This does mean you cannot have static HTML pages, everything must be
>    a PHP.

Unfortunately some of the pages which I wish to use this remote PHP script 
are hosted on "free" webhosts and the webspace they provide is very basic 
and not PHP/SQL enabled.  Hence why I want to host the script on my main PHP 
enabled webspace but to sometimes access it from basic HTML (not PHP 
enabled) webspace pages.

Thanks to yourself, Brett and Dave I now have some ideas for the way 
forward.

Sagr. 