using an include within a class

[mrbraq]

Is this possible? I'm not sure it that's what's causing my problem, but it seems to be.

I have an Page class, which I'd like to use one or more include statements in (e.g. footer.inc). Is there an alternative way to include a file's code, or am I just making a typo somewhere?

[stolzyboy]

show us your code for that class to help us help you easier

[mrbraq]

Very preliminary version of this code, but the problem is at the bottom with: 'includes/page_tail.php'

<?php

define('IN_PHPBB', true);
$phpbb_root_path = './';
include($phpbb_root_path . 'extension.inc');
include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.'.$phpEx);
include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/page_header.'.$phpEx);

class Page {

var $content;	
var $buttons = array( "Page1"  => "page1.php", 
              "Page2"  => "page2.php");	

//------------------------------------------------------------------	

function SetContent($newcontent){
	$this->content = $newcontent;
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------	

function Display(){
	$this -> DisplayMenu($this->buttons);
	echo $this->content;
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------	

function SetButtons($newbuttons){	      
	$this->buttons = $newbuttons;
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------	

function DisplayMenu($buttons){
	echo "<table width = \"100%\" bgcolor = #e1e1e1 cellpadding = 4 cellspacing = 4>\n";
	echo "  <tr>\n";

	//calculate button size
	$width = 100/count($buttons);

	while (list($name, $url) = each($buttons)){
		$this -> DisplayButton($width, $name, $url, !$this->IsURLCurrentPage($url));
	}
	echo "  </tr>\n";
	echo "</table>\n";
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------	

function IsURLCurrentPage($url){
	if(strpos( $GLOBALS["SCRIPT_NAME"], $url )==false){
		return false;
	}
	else{
		return true;
	}
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------	

function DisplayButton($width, $name, $url, $active = true){
	if ($active){
		echo "<td width = \"$width%\">
		<a href = \"$url\">
	    	inactive: <a href = \"$url\">
	    	<span class=menu>$name</span></a>
	    	</td>";
	}  
	else{
		echo "<td width = \"$width%\">
		active: 
		<span class=menu>$name</span>
		</td>";
	}  
}
} // end Page class

// include doesn't work here for some reason. 
//include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/page_tail.'.$phpEx);
?>

[stolzyboy]

have you tried to just echo out

echo $phpbb_root_path . 'includes/page_tail.'.$phpEx;

to ensure you are getting the right information there

[mrbraq]

Here's the output:
http://www.silostock.com/b2shell/page1.php

The echo just prints, ".'includes/page_tail" on the page.

[stolzyboy]

well if it only prints the stuff inside the quotes, then it looks like your vars aren't getting passed there

[mrbraq]

Any other ideas?

If I echo the entire include line, I get the same results as if I were to just dump the include line in as I did before.

It shouldn't have a problem getting my var values since the header include works fine outside the class at the top.

include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/page_header.'.$phpEx);

[stolzyboy]

read this

[mrbraq]

Thanks, I give it a shot.

[ahundiak]

It look like you are trying to include the file outside of the class definition. So it should work.

Any chance that the page_header include file is actually clobbering the value of $phpbb_root_path and/or $phpext?

[stolzyboy]

Originally posted by ahundiak
Any chance that the page_header include file is actually clobbering the value of $phpbb_root_path and/or $phpext?

i don't think that is likely, but he wanted to do this in the class and that is where his problem lies, unless it goes through functions to do so, like in the link i gave him

[mrbraq]

Originally posted by ahundiak
It look like you are trying to include the file outside of the class definition. So it should work.

Any chance that the page_header include file is actually clobbering the value of $phpbb_root_path and/or $phpext?

I didn't no that "clobbering" occurred (not trying to be sarcastic here). I understand what you're saying, but why would this happen and how can you avoid it?

[stolzyboy]

like i said, that is likely not the case

[mrbraq]

Originally posted by stolzyboy
i...but he wanted to do this in the class and that is where his problem lies....

Your previous solution will be helpful for getting it inside the class, but I still would like to know why the include isn't working outside the class.

[stolzyboy]

hmmm, i can't think of any reason why it will work at the top and not at the bottom, this is really strange

[ahundiak]

If the page_header file happened to have a line like:

$phpbb_root_path = '';

in it then that would perhaps cause a problem.

[stolzyboy]

yes that could very well be, ya wanna post the code for your header page or give it a look for yourself for something along those lines

[mrbraq]

I copied the header include line below the class and it worked, but was above the class-generated HTML. So, I think it's a code issue within my footer.

Thanks for your help guys, I'll come back to this after I've messed with it some more.