Alternative to require();?

[Anon]

Okay, Im trying to pull a block of code into a php page, the block of code looks like this:

<?
session_start();
if (session_is_registered("valid_user"))
{
?>

its for a secure portion of my website, and I have purposely left the bracket open so users who have logged in will see the webpage that is included in the "if" conditional. I close the bracket at the end of the file.

PHP does not like this, I think the require(); is trying to evaluate the block before it's being put in?

How would I get this block of code into another page using require(), if possible?

Any alternatives to using require()?

[Anon]

use include();

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Ehm.. you may want to read the question before you answer.

Gummyworms (are those tasty btw?)

You are on the right track, but your approach is a little off.

Instead of creating a giant IF statement, you could try making a very small one, that stops the script or takes some other action if the user is not logged in.

in pseudo code:
<?
if (!$loggedin)
{
// user not logged in, take action.
exit;
}
else
{
// everything ok, don't do anything, proceed as planned.
};
?>