include file with parameters

Anon

Can someone tell me how to pass parameters to a php file that has to be included, i.e. shown in a defined frame?

I'm using a form (in php) that is processed by "choice.php" :

<?php
switch ($choice) //Load appropriate form
{
case "consult": include ("formc.php"); break;
case "modify" : include ("formm.php"); break;
}
?>

However, I need to pass variables from the calling php script (the form script) through choice.php to the form-scripts. I tried
include ("formc.php?host=$host&port=$port");
to pass them as get-parameters, but the parser doesn't accept this. Does someone know how to do this?

Thanks

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include literally includes files into your current script, at the point where the include occurs.

It literally becomes part of the including script.

So there are no such things as paremeters for include files.

rob_halff

You should add the variables to the calling script,

So you call choice.php?host=$host&port=$port.

when you include form.php the code will become part of choice.php and
the variables 'host' and 'part' will be filled in.

miasma

Best thing to do is before you include your script is to define specific variables beforehand... like..

$my_param = 10;
$my_param2 = "Database";

include("formc.php");

then, formc.php will have access to those two variables (you might have to use the keyword GLOBAL if they're in a function)

Anon

From within Choice.php, I already have access to $host and $port (they are passed from the form). However, I need the frame in which Choice.php is shown to load another frame (written in form.php). Until now, I've used include to reload the frame, but I need variables from Choice.php to be passed to this form script (I need the values they contain and that were filled into the form inside the script that uses choice to process).

I don't know if this makes the problem look more clear?

Thank you for helping.

Anon

Your solution works fine. Thanks for helping!

kparker

So there are no such things as paremeters for include files

Indeed there aren't, but perhaps what Tim is looking for can be had by putting functions into the include file, then calling thos functions (with parameters, naturally) in the main file.