include and FrontPage

[PaulaRun]

Can I include a something.php file within FrontPage? It's not working and I wonder if it is because I'm using FrontPage.

Thanks!

<script language="php">

include "something.php";

</script>    

[sijis]

i'm not even sure you can use the <script></script> tags for php. I know you can do something similar to that in ASP.
ooh well,

you should change

<script language="php">
include "somehting.php";
</script>

 // to:

<?php
include "something.php";
?>

Frontpage might just assume you are going to use SSI to include files, not any server side scripting code like PHP or ASP that's why it add those <scritp></script> tags. I suggest just hand code those lines, unless you find some another alternative withing FP.

[PaulaRun]

Thanks sijis.

I tried that and it didn't work. From what I understand, FrontPage only understands PHP when the full <script language="php"></script> are used. I can get it to work that way as long as all the PHP code is on the same page - I can't get includes to work. Maybe FrontPage won't allow includes.

[sijis]

front page doesn't handle the server so it should understand include. php function work on whatever server type they are on 'windows' or '*unix'.

do you have the correct page to the include file?
http://domain.com/file_to_include.php
and you are here
http://domain.com/directory/of/me.php
you have to
....
"include "../../file_to_include.php";
....
now if you are testing it on your computer, instead on the server, question do you have PHP installed on your computer? if your computer doesn't have PHP installed it won't under the php code on those pages you're creating.
just guessing.

[PaulaRun]

HA! I figured it out. This is a new site and I forgot to add the following code to the .htaccess file:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm .html

Front page messes up PHP without that line of code on the server.

Thanks again for your help!