Help with includes

phpnewbie03

Hey, I'm having trouble with the PHP includes script. Sometimes it works, sometime it dosn't! I have been spending a week trying to make a decent website with PHP. Heres the code I use...

  <?php
        include("whatever.php");
  ?>

I use dreamweaver MX to edit it with. But it often just dosnt show anything even in browser preview. Can somebody give me some help with this as soon as possible or give me a site that has a working example to download and fool with. Thanks. I am only on til 9:00 PM so please hurry...

Thanks

laserlight

I have no experience with dreamweaver.

Nonetheless does you script actually work when you upload it to your site?
You're not very clear on whether you want help with PHP or help with using dreamweaver.

phpnewbie03

the question is regarding PHP. I just can't get it to work on angelfire. It wont include the php page example: menu.php

can you help me maybe with a script or example that for sure works, maybe one of your own

thanks

phpnewbie03

if anybody can help me i would appreciate it, ive been stuck with this php navigation for a week. i just need a working example i can download and fool with or get some help (read the top thread)

qo2o

i thought angelfire didnt support php?

your syntax for including it is fine, assuming the file is there in the same directory as the script calling it.

i do all my work in notepad so i dont know about dreamweaver either. but does it even parse the php when you try to view it in dreamweaver, or just show the code or something?

kellog

The style I use is the have a wrap around gui using tables, and have my page end up inside a <td>. An example of ths setup is:

TopTemple.html:
<table>
<tr>
<td>Corner graphic</td>
<td>Top menu bar graphic</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Left menu bar graphic</td>
<td> --This is where the page will get inserted once this file is included in the page

BotomTemplate.html
</td>
</tr>
</table>

ThePageYouWantToHaveIncludesIn.php:
<html>
<head>
<title>Test page</title>
</head>

All the stuff your going to have on that page

<? include 'BottomTemplate.html'; ?>
</body>
</html>