what's wrong with these tags? 2

simon551 · Jun 25, 2007

Hi, I can't understand why this markup is making my page stop functioning. If I take it out, my javascript will fire, but if I leave it in, nothing. All I can think is that there is something wrong with my notation, but can't tell, seems normal to me...

I'm using dreamweaver which also tells me this is an overlapping or unenclosed tag. but eh?

Code:

</div>
<div id="menu">
 	<?php require_once('../includes/NewMenu.inc.php'); ?>
</div>

if I take out the area between the <div></div> then my page is fine. But I need to include the file. sorry if I'm posting in the wrong forum.

monksnake · Jun 25, 2007

Is require_once a javascript function??

[monkey]

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vacunita · Jun 25, 2007

monsnake, i think its pretty clear require_once is a PHP function, hence the enclosing php tags.

Everything looks good there. Maybe something inside the NewMenu.inc.php is the problem.

Have you checked that everything is o.k in that file. Maybe the missing tag is in there.

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monksnake · Jun 25, 2007

monsnake, i think its pretty clear require_once is a PHP function

It looks like a PHP function to me as well, but it doesn't mean that it is, and that could have been a start to the problem.

[monkey]

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simon551 · Jun 25, 2007

Thanks, guys. Still trying to figure this out. I think you are probably right, Vacunita about it being a problem with the included menu file. I can't find the problem though. The menu works fine. Any ideas are appreciated.

NewMenu.inc.php

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">[/URL]
<html xmlns="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">[/URL]
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<!--//the functionality for the drop-down was provided here: [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.alistapart.com/articles/horizdropdowns[/URL]
 --><script type="text/javascript" src="../Scripts/mainmenu.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
/*@import "../Styles/layout.css";*/
@import "../Styles/menustyle.css";
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p><img src="../Images/logo.png" width="151" height="75" hspace="2" vspace="0" /></p>
<ul id="nav"> 
  <li><a href="../../../org/userlogin/index.php">Home</a></li> 
  <li><a href="../../../org/Clients/clientlist.php">Clients</a></li>
    <ul> 
	  <li><a href="../../../org/Clients/clientlist.php">Client List</a></li>
      <li><a href="../../../org/Contracts/contractsList_public.php">Contracts</a></li> 
      <li><a href="#">Team</a></li> 
      <li><a href="#">Offices</a></li> 
    </ul> 
  </li> 
  <li><a href="../../../org/Employees/Employee_list_full.php">Employees</a></li>
    <ul> 
	  <li><a href="../../../org/Employees/Employee_list_full.php">Employee List</a></li> 
      <li><a href="#">Org Chart</a></li> 
    </ul> 
  </li> 
  <li><a href="#">Projects </a> </li>
    <ul> 
      <li><a href="../../../org/Projects/projects_allactive.php">All Projects</a></li> 
      <li><a href="../../../org/Projects/projects_byClient.php">Projects by Client</a></li> 
      <li><a href="#">project what</a></li> 
    </ul> 
  </li> 
  <li><a href="../../../org/Timesheets/timesheet_redirect.php">Timesheets</a> 
    <ul> 
      <li><a href="../../../org/Timesheets/timesheet_main.php">New Timesheet </a></li> 
      <li><a href="../../../org/Timesheets/timesheet_redirect.php">Review Timesheets </a></li> 
      <li><a href="../../../org/Timesheets/timesheet_current.php">Current Timesheet</a></li> 
    </ul> 
  </li> 
  <li><a href="../../../org/ExpenseReports/erMain_R.php">Expense Reports </a> 
    <ul> 
      <li><a href="../../../org/ExpenseReports/erMain_C.php">New Expense Report </a></li> 
      <li><a href="../../../org/ExpenseReports/erMain_R.php">Review Expense Reports</a></li> 
      <li><a href="../../../org/ExpenseReports/erDetails_C.php">Current Expense Report</a></li> 
      <li><a href="../../../org/ExpenseReports/review_allexpenses.php">Review Expenses by Date</a></li> 
    </ul> 
  </li>
</ul> 
<p></p>
<ul>
      <li><a href="../../../org/forum/">Help and Support</a></li> 
</ul>
</body>
</html>

ChrisHirst · Jun 25, 2007

the problem will that you are including an entire page complete with doctype, <head></head> & <body> sections into a page that probably has those already.

Chris.

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vacunita · Jun 25, 2007

I agree. if you are including the file into an already complete file with doctype and everything, your included file, should only be the htl necessary to render the menu. no body html or doctype tags etc...

Second, you have a few errors in your included page, try fixing those also:

http://validator.w3.org/check

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simon551 · Jun 25, 2007

got it working. Thanks again!

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