fopen .php file, trying to read starting header/comment block

[DrRobot]

Hey,

 

I'm trying to open a .php file and read a comment block that is in the beginning of the file.

 

I'm having some trouble in that nothing is being echoed out.

 

Here is the reading file:

<?php

$fb = fopen("tepl.php", "r");

$data = fread($fb, 8192);

fclose($fb);

var_dump($data);

?>

 

here is the file (tepl.php) being read:

<?php
/*
Name: Test Plugin 1
URI: http://www.theorangeday.com/plugintest/
Description: This is just a test plugin because I need to test how this thing is going to work overall.
Author: Thomas Francis
Author URI: http://www.theorangeday.com/
Version: 0.1
*/

function test_plugin(){
echo "we loaded the test plug";
}

?>

 

the var_dump returns

string(321) " "

 

What's wrong here?

[thcx]

Try giving the full path to the file in the fopen(). Also try setting "display_errors" to On in php.ini.

[DrRobot]

So i plugged in the full path and tested it with the display_errors in the php.ini and I got an error. After some research I had to include allow_url_fopen in my php.ini. I then tested it and got string(0) "".

 

So any other ideas?