problem with include

helz

so on my site i have the index.php including nav.php file (for the navigation 🙂) and if the nav.php is run seperatly it works where when its included on the main site the static parts of the php is displayed but the dynamic parts are not.

Basically to cut things short its a script that scans a specified directory cuts out the . and .. and then snips off the .php extension on the files and then displays them in a web link, which forms a row in the nav table.

here is the code for nav.php:

<?
$dir = "../modules/";
echo "<table width='100%' border='1' align='center' cellpadding='1' cellspacing='0'>
	  <tr><td bordercolor='#000000' bgcolor='#FFFFFF'>Navigation</td></tr>";
if (is_dir($dir)) {
    if ($dh = opendir($dir)) {
        while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
			if ( $file != "." && $file  != ".." ){
			  $file = basename ($file,".php");
			  echo "<tr><td><a href='../index.php?module=".$file."'>".$file."</a></td></tr>";
//            echo "filename: $file : filetype: " . filetype($dir . $file) . "<br>";
				}
        }
    closedir($dh);
    }
}
echo "</table>";
?>

in index.php it just has:

include ("include/nav.php");

cmcfarland

actually, what I found simpler was if I just had a php script call a .html file with the menu bar on it.

Here is the code:

<html>
<head>
<title>Title</title>
</head>
<?php
$navigation = "./navigation.html";
if(!($fp = fopen($navigation, "r"))) die ("Cannot open $navigation");
fread($fp, 20);
fclose($fp);
readfile($navigation);
?>
</html>

/Basically, it opens the navigation.html and displays it. After displaying it, it closes the connection. If this doesn't work, feel free to email me 😉 /

helz

see the thing is simple doesnt do for me. i prefer somthing that works.
with the example that you gave me. does it load the navigation into the top of the page?

i have my website all setup and working the navigation isnt at the top but in the bar at the side.

Check it out here, even though it is still in the construction phase (just moved it from another site so the sql/file need to be changed)

the nav is here:
Click here for nav.php

cmcfarland

Actually, it is very powerful, because you can change the file that the code calls from navigation.html to navigation.php, thus, you are able to do more. The navigation will appear wherever you place it (if the code that calls the file is placed at the top of your index.php code, then it will be at the top, and so forth).

csousley

Change:
$dir = "../modules/";
to:
$dir = "./";

and it works great, even included. I think the problem is your nav.php script is in a different directory then the page that loads the include.

I would play with your $dir path and set it up from the loading page, not the included page, and see if that works for you.

csousley

By the way, nice script, I like the idea.

I just did a test, and moved the include file, leaving the path the same, and got the same result. So you need the file to NOT work unless it's included or put them in the same directory. Right?

helz

didnt quite understand the question but in nav.php i changed:
$dir = "../modules/";
to
$dir = "./modules/";

and it works!! still slightly confused tho.

the idea for the automatic navigation was borrowed from php nuke which uses a similar thing for their modules.

thanks for the help csousley!