left/right column s

nouseforaname

I've only been using php for a few days now an the basic idea of the site i'm making is a header left and right column and a footer. All these will be displayed on every page with only the middle content changing. My problem is i can get the right column, header and footer to show on each page but not the left column.

This is the info for the left

    <!--- JCC: Start left column -->

<?php if ($state == "home" or !isset($state)){ ?>
<td width="<? echo $colwidth; ?>" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#93BEE2">
<?php include($inc_path."/leftcol.inc"); ?>
</td>

This is the right

<!--- JCC: Start right column -->

<td width="<? echo $colwidth; ?>" align="left" valign="top"bgcolor="#93BEE2">
<?php include($inc_path."/rightcol.inc"); ?>
</td>

the only difference is the 1st line on the left column

<?php if ($state == "home" or !isset($state)){ ?>

i tried getting rid of that but it didnt work.

This is all very new to me and any help would be great 🙂

siwis

Tweaked, but you should be able to modify:

<?PHP
include $inc_path . "header.inc";
?>
<table>
<tr>
<?PHP
if (($state == "home") || (!isset($state))){
?> 
<!--- JCC: Start left column --> 
<td width="<? echo $colwidth; ?>" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#93BEE2"> 
<?php
include $inc_path . "/leftcol.inc";
?> 
<!--- JCC: End left column -->
</td>
<?PHP
};
?>
<!--- JCC: Start right column --> 

<td width="<? echo $colwidth; ?>" align="left" valign="top"bgcolor="#93BEE2"> 
<?php include($inc_path."/rightcol.inc"); ?> 
</td> 
<!--- JCC: End right column -->
</tr>
</table>
<?PHP
include $inc_path . "footer.inc";
?>