include files TOGETHER

soniared2002

Good Day,
I have two files : Images.htm (images in specific order) and SubmitForm.php (a fill out form).
I want to include both files my third file:work.php
<?php
include('images.htm);
include('Submitform.php);
?>

NOW THE PROBLEM : what happens is that the both files are included but ONE AFTER the OTHER. And i am trying to create them One on TOP of the other!!
IS there any way i could do so using PHP?
and not to do the hard work usign DreamWeaver and to put one page inside the other manually?
Thankx alot,
Sofia

Zack

im not too sure what you mean by one after the other as opposed to one on top of the other, but try this:

<?php
include('images.htm);
echo "<br>";
include('Submitform.php);
?>

instead...

soniared2002

I mean :
i see the content of file1 THAN only i see content of file2..
when i want to see file1 and file2 together..like file2 as a background and file1 as a foreground..
Thanx
Sofia

macdabby

if youre doing what i think youre doing by including both files and putting the second one in the middle of the first.

you can do this by:
include(form.php)

open_form(); //(located in form.php)

include(image.php)

close_form(); //(located in form.php)

then in the form.php file, all you have is

<?php function open_form() { ?>
<form> bla bla bla
<?php }
fuction close_form() { ?>
bla bla bla
</form>
<?php } ?>

soniared2002

Hi,
Thanks for your reply, indeed what you suggested works..but this is not what i am looking for.
My image is a SQUARE image and i need to put the TEXT INSIDE the image. If i do the way you suggested, my square breaks.So i wonder if there is an option in include funtion to include both files simuntaniosly. Like one is like a background and one is like a foreground...thanx

kevinsequeira

nope , u cant include files like a foreground/background kind of way.

however if its images and text ure dealing with take a look at GDlib, there are some tutorials in the articles section

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/index.php3?cat=2&subcat=17

reg
kevin

macdabby

you could also make a small table that uses one image as the background for the table and then a IMG tag to include the forground.

Zack

yes... create a table and do the following:

That should work. It does in my head... :-)

crosbystillsnas

Originally posted by Zack
<table background="<?php include(image.php); ?>">

this would do if image.php contains nothing but the path to an image, e.g. images/myjpg.gif or similar.

if you include a file it will be placed at that point where the include was set. but that you've already found out on your own 😉

what you are trying to do is no question of php, but of html.
using divs and formatting them with css is the easiest way...

page1.php:
<html>
<head></head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="mysheet.css" type="text/css">
<body>

</body>
</html>

mysheet.css could look like this:
#back{
position: absolute;
top: 100;
left: 100;
width: 300;
height: 300;
overflow: auto;
}

#front {
position: absolute;
top: 100;
left: 100;
width: 300;
height: 300;
overflow: auto;
}