1's displayed after using include()

frock

does anyone else get 1's echoed when using include() and if so what's the fix? i also get resource id#X after using fopen sometimes. i've read the manual online but haven't had any luck. for context i'm assigning other files as variables and echoing them as a means to update without updating all the pages everytime:

$bleh = include("bleh.txt");
echo $bleh;

if there's a better way that's as simple i'm interested.

thanks,

jason

Anon

include("bleh.txt");

You don't need a variable

dstockto

The reason you are getting 1's echoed is that $bleh is getting the result of running the include, which is true, meaning it ran successfully. Since true is 1 in this case, you are outputting true.

My guess is that you are just trying to put the contents of the bleh.txt file into whatever you are making. You don't need to echo anything for this.

dave

Anon

i see. i apologize for being such a dunce and littering the board with stupid questions like this. so will the same happen if i echo a variable from the include file? or is there a better way to echo pieces of one file in another file? thanks again,

jason

dstockto

No problem. If you are including a php file, make sure you have the <?php and ?> tags or it won't get it. If I understand it correctly the include() function returns to HTML parsing mode, so the tags are necessary. If you have these then echo'ing a variable from there should work exactly like you'd expect it to. You will get the value of the variable. Hope this helps.

Dave

frock

Dave,

that helps a bunch. thanks for the input...

jason

dstockto

No problem. I was glad to help.

Dave

Anon

Im having a similar problem. My problem is that the variable is null when in the php file that I include. The include is done with in a if() does that have something to with the way I must include the php file?

It seems like the php file, which contains html is included correctly. But the variable turn out as ""

Sample

Becomes
<input type="hidden" name="destination" value="">

When handeled by the main script. $user_name is global and I have tried several of echo methods.

Im truly new in PHP programming, only done installation before. So please dont bite my head of....

Thanks for any help