linking two php files

kougar2k

i know the title must seem simple enough, and it probably is a simple enough question.

it's not linking two php files together in HTML, it's this:

how do i link a PHP file to another as a stylesheet (in other words use the php file as a template)?

i've used the <link> tag in the HTML coding, and it doesn't work, so i want to know how to link it, if possible at all.

any help would be appreciated.

p.s. - i'm not using SQL, just PHP.

LordShryku

What does this file contain? Is it actual php code or just css? The general method of "linking" php files is to use either [man]include[/man] or [man]require[/man]

AstroTeg

A link tag means the browser is doing the linking. Browsers typically link CSS and javascript files, not PHP files. I mean, you could setup a PHP file to dynamically build a CSS file and have the browser link to that - that would work because the PHP file would output a CSS friendly page.

But the browser can not link to a PHP page directly like you would a JavaScript or CSS file (unless the PHP page outputs a CSS or JavaScript style page).

If you're going to "link" a PHP page to another page, you might look at using include() or require(). Keep in mind this takes place when the PHP code gets parsed.

batman

Do you mean you want something like when a link is clicked on your website it will stay on the same page just show different content for each link??

kougar2k

take a look:

www.airgalore.co.uk/information.php is the page i want to use as the template

www.airgalore.co.uk/infotest.php is the page i want to apply (eventually to the whole site)

LordShryku

Use include or require.

kougar2k

how do i do that?

is it...

<?php
require: "information.php";
?>

<?php
include: "information.php";
?>

i'm still learning the code, so i've no real idea what to do at the moment.

batman

<?
require_once("infotest.php");
?>

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

LordShryku

Yeah, but without the :
And that would only work if it's in the same folder. The best bet is to put the absolute path

// require_once is better, since it frees it after use.
// so we'll use that
require_once "/path/to/information.php";

kougar2k

cool... i learn quickly...

i got the ":" from javascript...

must learn not to do it in php

cheers man!

kougar2k

here's the end result...

http://www.airgalore.co.uk/infotest.php

cheers for the help guys!