include() problem

martinb7 · Feb 2, 2004

Hi, i am working on this 2page site that work together, can you tell me whats wrong?

whats happening is that when i use the include(); it places it at the top of the page instead of in the table where i want it.

##code for dotemplate.php##

Code:

<?php 
$main = &quot;testing&quot;;
$logo = &quot;logo&quot;;
$left = include(&quot;navleft.php&quot;);
$right = include(&quot;middlenav.php&quot;);

$pagehtml = implode(&quot;&quot;, file(&quot;template.template&quot;)); // for change layout use &quot;.$_SESSION['template'].'&quot;
           $pagehtml = str_replace(&quot;[## titlebar ##]&quot;, $logo, $pagehtml);
           $pagehtml = str_replace(&quot;[## copyright2 ##]&quot;, $copyright, $pagehtml);
           $pagehtml = str_replace(&quot;[## leftnav ##]&quot;, $left, $pagehtml);
           $pagehtml = str_replace(&quot;[## main ##]&quot;, $main, $pagehtml);
           $pagehtml = str_replace(&quot;[## rightnav ##]&quot;, $right ,$pagehtml);

echo($pagehtml);
?>

##code for template.template##

Code:

<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Language&quot; content=&quot;en-gb&quot;>
<meta name=&quot;GENERATOR&quot; content=&quot;Microsoft FrontPage 5.0&quot;>
<meta name=&quot;ProgId&quot; content=&quot;FrontPage.Editor.Document&quot;>
<meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Type&quot; content=&quot;text/html; charset=windows-1252&quot;>
<title>New Page 1</title>
</head>

<body>

<table border=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse&quot; bordercolor=&quot;#111111&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; id=&quot;AutoNumber1&quot;>
  <tr>
  <td width=&quot;100%&quot;>[## titlebar ##]</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td width=&quot;200&quot;>[## leftnav ##]</td>
  <td width=&quot;400&quot;>[## middle ##]</td>
  <td width=&quot;200&quot;>[## rightnav ##]</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td width=&quot;800&quot;>[## copyright ##]</td>
  </tr>
</table>

</body>

</html>

website url:

http://www.webrevolt.biz/v3/dotemplate.php

im trying to create the same effect as

http://www.wrnet.co.uk

any ideas?? am i doing it the right way??

thanx

Martin

Computing help and info:

http://www.webrevolt.biz

Chacalinc · Feb 2, 2004

$left = include("navleft.php&quot

;
$right = include("middlenav.php&quot

;

navleft.php and middlenav.php should have only functions... if you have them as normal php files, they will be showed as normal pages. So, you should have:

Code:

#navleft.php
<?php
   function navleft(){
     code..
   }
?>

#main.php
   $left = include(&quot;navleft.php&quot;);
   code
   ....
   navleft();
   ....
   code

Hope this helps.

martinb7 · Feb 2, 2004

i cant get it to work :'(

it display's it in the same place

where do i put the navleft() function call?

thanx

Martin

Computing help and info:

http://www.webrevolt.biz

Chacalinc · Feb 2, 2004

sorry, I get it... the error is the following:

$left = include ('somthing') will assign to $left the result of "include" statement... now, "include" returns nothing or errors, *not the page* so $left is blank.

in leftnav you should do a funtion leftnav() in order to return the string (page) and then:

include 'leftnav.php';
$leftnav=leftnav();

martinb7 · Feb 2, 2004

sorry

i still cant get it 2 work, could you please write out the dotemplate.php code 4 me??

sorry again!!

thanx

Martin

Computing help and info:

http://www.webrevolt.biz

Chacalinc · Feb 2, 2004

pls post the leftnav.php (or a piece) to get an example.

martinb7 · Feb 2, 2004

Code:

<?php function navleft(){ ?>
<?php include(&quot;pagecolors.php&quot;); ?>
<?php include(&quot;config.php&quot;); ?>
<?php include(&quot;functions.php&quot;); ?>

<link href=&quot;<?php echo($sitecss); ?>&quot; rel=&quot;stylesheet&quot; type=&quot;text/css&quot;>
<body topmargin=&quot;0&quot; leftmargin=&quot;0&quot;>

<table width=&quot;200&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; bgcolor=&quot;<?php echo(&quot;$sideColor&quot;); ?>&quot;>
  <!--DWLayoutTable-->
  <tr> 
    <td width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;15&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; bgcolor=&quot;<?php echo(&quot;$barColor&quot;); ?>&quot;><div align=&quot;center&quot;>Main 
        Pages </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td height=&quot;14&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; bgcolor=&quot;<?php echo(&quot;$sideColor&quot;); ?>&quot;><div align=&quot;center&quot;><font size=&quot;2&quot;> 
        <?php $query = mysql_query(&quot;SELECT * FROM wrV2pages WHERE section = 'main'&quot;); doWhileLoop($query); ?>
        </font></div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td height=&quot;15&quot;></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td height=&quot;18&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; bgcolor=&quot;<?php echo(&quot;$barColor&quot;); ?>&quot;><div align=&quot;center&quot;>Computing</div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td height=&quot;15&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; bgcolor=&quot;<?php echo(&quot;$sideColor&quot;); ?>&quot;><div align=&quot;center&quot;><font size=&quot;2&quot;> 
        <?php $query = mysql_query(&quot;SELECT * FROM wrV2pages WHERE section = 'computing'&quot;); doWhileLoop($query); ?>
        </font></div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td height=&quot;13&quot;></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td height=&quot;13&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; bgcolor=&quot;<?php echo(&quot;$barColor&quot;); ?>&quot;><div align=&quot;center&quot;>Community</div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td height=&quot;15&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; bgcolor=&quot;<?php echo(&quot;$sideColor&quot;); ?>&quot;><div align=&quot;center&quot;><font size=&quot;2&quot;> 
        <?php $query = mysql_query(&quot;SELECT * FROM wrV2pages WHERE section = 'community'&quot;); doWhileLoop($query); ?>
        </font></div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td height=&quot;17&quot;></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td height=&quot;10&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; bgcolor=&quot;<?php echo(&quot;$barColor&quot;); ?>&quot;><div align=&quot;center&quot;>Other</div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td height=&quot;14&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; bgcolor=&quot;<?php echo(&quot;$sideColor&quot;); ?>&quot;><div align=&quot;center&quot;><font size=&quot;2&quot;> 
        <?php $query = mysql_query(&quot;SELECT * FROM wrV2pages WHERE section = 'other'&quot;); doWhileLoop($query); ?>
        </font></div></td>
  </tr>
</table>
</body>
<?php } ?>

Martin

Computing help and info:

http://www.webrevolt.biz

DRJ478 · Feb 2, 2004

The include statement includes PHP source code in the calling document. If your included PHP file has statements that produce output the generated output appears in the very place where the include statement is. Same is true for any HTML that it outside the <?php ?> tags.

You are trying to make your code modular. That's a great idea. As Chacalinc suggests, wrap your modules into functions. You can also consolidate them in a common include that you load at the top of every page that uses the common parts. The commoninclude can contain any number of functions you rely on in all scripts.

martinb7 · Feb 2, 2004

so how do i make it appear inside the table, not at the top of the page??

Martin

Computing help and info:

http://www.webrevolt.biz

martinb7 · Feb 2, 2004

it still isn't working :'(

how can i get it working??

pls help!

Regards,

Martin

Computing help and info:

http://www.webrevolt.biz

Chacalinc · Feb 2, 2004

ok, may be this is not the best but here we go, I gonna make it short...

Code:

#leftnav.php

<?php 
	include(&quot;pagecolors.php&quot;);
	include(&quot;config.php&quot;);
	include(&quot;functions.php&quot;);
	
	function navleft(){
		//Note: all is one var
		$out = '<link href=&quot;' . $sitecss . '&quot; rel=&quot;stylesheet&quot; type=&quot;text/css&quot;>';
		$out .= '<body topmargin=&quot;0&quot; leftmargin=&quot;0&quot;>';
		$out .= '<table width=&quot;200&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; bgcolor=&quot;\'.$sideColor.\'&quot;); ?>&quot;>';
		$out .= ...go ahead...
		
		$query = mysql_query(&quot;SELECT * FROM wrV2pages WHERE section = 'main'&quot;);
		
		//doWhileLoop($query);
		
		...make a loop in order to add all options lines to $out *not display them*
		
		$out .= '</tr>\n</table>\n</body>\n';

		return $out;
	} // end of navleft function
?>

now, in main.php:

Code:

<?php
	include &quot;leftnav.php&quot;;
	
	code here...
	...
	$left_nav=leftnav();  //it will have the code
	...
	code here ..
	printf $left_nav;
	...
?>

Hope this help.

PD: I would use OOP for this...

martinb7 · Feb 2, 2004

what is OOP?? and is main.php the same as dotemplate.php??

thanx

Martin

Computing help and info:

http://www.webrevolt.biz

DRJ478 · Feb 2, 2004

Let's say you wrap your left nav into a function:

Code:

function leftNav(){
   .... your code here ....
}

When you want the output in a specific place trigger the function:
[/code]
... any code ...
echo("<tr><td>&quot

;
# left nav insert here
leftNav();
... etc....[/code]

You could actually use the code you have in the include file and just modify it by adding the function structure around the include statement:

Code:

<?php
$main = &quot;testing&quot;;
$logo = &quot;logo&quot;;
# load code into navLeft()
function navLeft(){
   include(&quot;navleft.php&quot;);
}
# load code into navRight()
function navRight(){
   include(&quot;middlenav.php&quot;);
} ...
etc.

However, it is stylistically not very good to use the above solution. I suggest - as before - that you create the functions in a common include that is used site wide.

Chacalinc · Feb 2, 2004

>>what is OOP??
Object Oriented Programming... php does support it. (search on

http://www.php.net

as "classes&quot

.

>>and is main.php the same as dotemplate.php??

yes, I forget the name of your main page..

martinb7 · Feb 2, 2004

ye how could you make a loop to add all the options lines to it??

Martin

Computing help and info:

http://www.webrevolt.biz

Chacalinc · Feb 2, 2004

I don't know what your tables have but an example:

Code:

$qry=mysql_query(&quot;SELECT * FROM clientes ORDER BY cliente&quot;)
     or die (&quot;Failed Query: &quot; . mysql_errno());

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($qry)) {
   $out .= '<td bgcolor=&quot;' . $row[&quot;bgcolor&quot;] . '&quot;>' . $row[&quot;option&quot;] . '</td>';
   $out .= 'somthing more else..';
   }

Chacalinc · Feb 2, 2004

oops... the page get the [ and ] ...

all $row are $row[ "bgcolor" ] with *no spaces*

martinb7 · Feb 2, 2004

ive tried a new layout

http://www.webrevolt.biz/dolayout.php

its basically the same apart from the layout is called template2.template

it replaces [## leftnav ##] with the page, but i cant get it to go ther, it gets replaced, but in the wrong place??

can u av a look??

thanx

Martin

Computing help and info:

http://www.webrevolt.biz

Chacalinc · Feb 2, 2004

I got:
Not Found
The requested URL /dolayout.php was not found on this server.

Chacalinc · Feb 2, 2004

did you change leftnav.php?
how do you have it now?

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