how to send variables using file_get_contents?

Question

I'm trying to send a webpage as an email. The content of this webpage is based on variables, which are called using the _GET method.

I have this part of code, which works if I don't put any variables in the url, but echoes [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in... as soon I write ?variable= behind the URL.

<?

$var_one = $_GET['var_one'];
$var_two = $_GET['var_two'];
$from = "Company name";
$from_email = "company@mail.com";
$email_text = file_get_contents("mail_this_page.php?varone=".$var_one."&vartwo=".$var_two);

$headers = "From:abc@mail.com";
$headers = "From: $from <$from_email>\r\n". 
           "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n" . 
           "Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8" . "\r\n";

mail('guest@mail.com', 'Hello', $email_text, $headers);

?>

So, the problem is in the file_get_contents line.

$email_text = file_get_contents("mail_this_page.php");

works, but

$email_text = file_get_contents("mail_this_page.php?varone=".$var_one."&vartwo=".$var_two);

doesn't. What am I doing wrong? How can I pass the variables using this method?

Did you see that http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7352832/get-request-from-php-using-file-get-contents-with-parameters ? — FBHY, Oct 16 '15 at 12:49
yes, tried multiple solutions with single and double quotes etc, all giving the same result — Jeffrey van Zwam, Oct 16 '15 at 12:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 16 '15 at 12:50

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The function file_get_contents() takes a string of the file name as a parameter. This is then used to check with the filesystem for a file with that exact name. As the filename you are passing doesn't end at the extension '.php', it's looking for a file with the name which includes everything after (and including) the '?'.

It is literally looking for the file mail_this_page.php?varone=VAR_ONE&vartwo=VAR_TWO (assuming the variables evaluate as such) on the hard drive.

answered Oct 16 '15 at 12:50

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sounds logic. How can I pass them as vars? – Jeffrey van Zwam Oct 16 '15 at 12:53
Have a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3488425/php-ini-file-get-contents-external-url for an idea of how to do this with a URL – gabe3886 Oct 16 '15 at 12:54

how to send variables using file_get_contents?

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