to include or not to include, that is the ?

dizeyner

Okay, this amends a previous thread I started about php and includes.

I think people misunderstood what I was trying to do, so a bit more of an explanation here.

I am looking for a php solution to a javascript set up I was using.

formerly, all the menus (9) are in one javascript. The menus are written once, then dir depth function tells the script to add ../ to image or url paths so that no matter how far you go down the menu works.

I wanted to switch to includes using php. so now, at root level I have 9 versions of the menu, one for each category, because when you are in each category there is an image change, one highlighted to remind the user where they are.

If I use the php includes, as they are, I would have to duplicate all nine menus for three additional sub levels for a total of 36 includes. Thats heavy maintanence and that's not an option.

With the old javascript recipe I only have 9 scripts to maintain when there are changes.

So what I want to know, is this...is there a way to get a script to add ../ to the root file paths when the files are .inc (php) includes. I tried to use the old javascript function, dir depth, perhaps inappropriately as it does not work.

Is there a solution to my delimma or do I need to forget about php and go back to javascript?

Katherine

MrAlaska

I didn't see the first thread, but people got confused??? I don't see why! 😃 (ok, maybe I am a little bit confused)

As you are aware, no doubt, javascript and PHP do two different things. It appears to me you were previously using javascript to do a server side job, and to get a client side script to do a server side job it sometimes gets a little complicated. I get the feeling you are bringing the complication level forward and trying to apply it to PHP.

I do not have a feel for EXACTLY what you are trying to do, but I can assure you PHP can handle the job and probably a lot simpler, but probably using a radically different approach. From what I can figure out of what you are attempting, it could all be done with ONE include, or even just using functions, but it would mean forgetting your old methods and starting from scratch.