Title: PHP code not executing
Last modified: December 18, 2020

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# PHP code not executing

 *  Resolved [Phil Emery](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noise/)
 * (@noise)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-code-not-executing/)
 * When the code
 * `<?php include( 'https://******/wp-content/themes/themename/doc-display.php' );?
   >`
 * The content of the file is not included

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 *  Plugin Author [Sharaz Shahid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharaz/)
 * (@sharaz)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-code-not-executing/#post-13810852)
 * Hi [@noise](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noise/),
 * I think you’re using the include function wrong way. Include function work with
   file location path (starting with a drive letter or \ on Windows, or / on Unix/
   Linux systems) or relative to the current directory (starting with . or ..) **
   not URL base path**.
    For more information check the documention. [https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php)
 * let me know if your problem solved.
 *  Thread Starter [Phil Emery](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noise/)
 * (@noise)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-code-not-executing/#post-13817922)
 * Actually on the page referred:
 *     ```
       <?php
   
       /* This example assumes that www.example.com is configured to parse .php
       * files and not .txt files. Also, 'Works' here means that the variables
       * $foo and $bar are available within the included file. */
   
       // Won't work; file.txt wasn't handled by www.example.com as PHP
       include 'http://www.example.com/file.txt?foo=1&bar=2';
   
       // Won't work; looks for a file named 'file.php?foo=1&bar=2' on the
       // local filesystem.
       include 'file.php?foo=1&bar=2';
   
       // Works.
       include 'http://www.example.com/file.php?foo=1&bar=2';
       ?>
       ```
   
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [Phil Emery](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noise/).

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-code-not-executing/#post-13817922)
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