PHP Functions and Incomlete If's.

[TheDragonReborn]

Okay, I have a problem. Let's say I have this huge piece of code that I'm going to use through multiple pages.

For simplicities sake, lets say that this is the code:

if ($ThisString == $This Variable){
echo "GreenDrumSticks";
}

Remember that the If Statement I have is actualy longer, and has many more things before it.
Same with the end, only after it.

What I want is to have one page that houses hust the top and bottom part of this code. So

echo "GreenDrumSticks";

would be left out.

No I want another page That will include the Top and the bottom,
but let me write any thing in between them where GreenDumSticks would be.

That way, for every page that the result is different, I dont have to have it house all of the code that's involved, It just takes it from this other page.

I hope Somebody can find an answer to this because I am stumped.

All help will be greatly appreciated!

[maybl8r03]

do you mean

include "topcode.php";
if ($thiscondition)
{
   include "thiscondition.php";
}
elseif ($thatcondition)
{
   include "thatcondition.php";
}
else
{
   include "stumped.php";
}
include "bottomcode.php";

[TheDragonReborn]

Not exactly, more along the lines of

<?php
include("functions.php");

BeginIF("green");
echo "GreenDrumSticks";
EndIF();

BeginIF("red");
echo "RedDrumSticks";
EndIF();
?>

where functions.php is something like

<?php
function BeginIF($Text){ // Begin of Function
if ($SomeString == "$Text"){ // What is in the Function
} // End of Function

function EndIF($Text){ // Begin of Function
} // What is in the Function
} // End of Function

?>

The only problem is that in functions.php, In BeginIF() What is supposed to be just this line:

if ($SomeString == "$Text"){

gets closed by the } that's supposed to close the function. All I realy need is the incomplete begining of the if, I need it not to close it's self.

Same with the EndIF(), only the } thats supposed to close the IF, it closes the function and creates an error for having an extra }.

I guess what I really need is something like the Echo command echo's php code into another php page. That's as best as I believe that I can describe it.

[maybl8r03]

Unfortunately I know of no language that would do this. Tags are very important in all languages (even weakly typed ones like PHP). When you open a tag, you must close it within the same code block.

If you have a long list of conditions to parse, have you tried the switch(CONDITION) struct?:

switch ( $strColour )
    case "red":
    case "brown":
         echo "I am colour blind it could either be red or brown I do not care"
         break;
    case "orange":
         echo "fruity"
         break;
    case "yellow":
         echo "does not go with your top honey";
         break;
    case "green":
         echo "my faaavourite colour - you've won the honeypot!";
         echo givelotterynumber();
         break;
    default:
         echo "ask me red, green, orange or yellow only please"
}