Set allow_url_include on SINGLE file - include

Question

I've created a php file called pagebase.php that I'm quite proud of. It contains a class that created the whole html file for me from input such as css links and js links.
In any case, this file is several hundred lines long, as it includes several helper functions such as cleanHTML() that removes all whitespace from the html code then, in layman's terms, makes the source look pritty.
I have decided to use this pagebase in all my projects, particularly in all my internal projects. I also plan to add and expand to the pagebase file quite a lot. So what I'm wondering is if it's possible to set the allow_url_include option to on, but just on this one single file.
If I got my theory right, that would allow me to include() that file from any server and get the pagebase class.

Answer 1

So what I'm wondering is if it's possible to set the allow_url_include option to on, but just on this one single file.
No, as far as I'm aware this is not possible.
What you are planning to do sounds like a bad idea anyway, though. An include that gets loaded over the web on every request is awful for performance.
You should keep local copies of your library, and use a update script (or version control system) to keep versions up to date.

Answer 2

That is a bad practice.
You should put this file along with the project that needs it and locally include() it.

Answer 3

10 years and still no good solutions? Use this first one with allow_url_fopen for any convenient solution for your PHP file to allow the use of the php.ini brackets.
Replace allow_url_fopen in my example with allow_url_include to address the question.
This will surely be stated as a minor problem in future PHP. Especially if things aren't set up right with at least options are enabled globally. And this only works if there are no global php.ini rules.
Number 1 and 0 in code is either on and off.
<?php
echo ini_get('allow_url_fopen');
if (!ini_get('allow_url_fopen')) {
ini_set('allow_url_fopen', '1');
}
echo ini_get('allow_url_fopen');
Your code of use of either fopen() or copy() in between the code. Even some curl_init() might work.
echo ini_get('allow_url_fopen');
if (!ini_get('allow_url_fopen')) {
ini_set('allow_url_fopen', '0');
}
echo ini_get('allow_url_fopen');
}
?>
This also works for several other php.ini rules. I believe that this proof would be a security issue in many PHP codes further into the future. Surely a good thing to monitor in plugins in the further future or now for anti-malware signature. At least use the right global settings from now.