Include Variable

raouleduke

How do I include a variable file.

include ("'$templatelayout'");

rebelo

You just do an include like you normally would. For example, a "normal" include would look like this:

include("file.php");

Or if you want to do a variable, like you suggest, then it's the same idea:

$file = "file.php";
include($file);

You won't want to use single quotes around the variable name because that will cause php to treat the variable as just the literal name (use double quotes only to have the variable interpreted). Of course, like in my example, you don't need to use quotes at all for the variable.

raouleduke

Here is my code.

<?
session_start();
if(!session_is_registered('username')){ 
echo 'You must log-in to access this page!';
include '../login.html'; 
exit(); 
} 
$name = $_SESSION['name'];
$dealername = $_SESSION['dealername'];
$username = $_SESSION['username'];
$catagory = $_SESSION['catagory'];
$address = $_SESSION['address'];
$city = $_SESSION['city'];
$subcatagory = $_REQUEST['subcatagory'];
$size = $_REQUEST['size'];
$file = 1;
$templatecatagory = $_REQUEST['templatecatagory'];
$templateid = $_REQUEST['templateid'];
mysql_connect("","",""); 
mysql_select_db("");
$query1 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM recommend WHERE catagory ='$catagory$subcatagory'");
while($row1 = mysql_fetch_array($query1)) {
$templatelayout = $row1["template_layout"];
}
print"
<head>
<title>QA Template Generator</title>
<meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'>
</head>

<body link='800303' vlink='800303' alink='800303' leftmargin='0' topmargin='0' marginwidth='0' marginheight='0'>
<table width='618' border='3' align='center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'  bordercolor='800303'>
  <tr>
    <td width='150' valign='top'>";
		  include_once("nav.php");
		  print"
		  </td>
     <td width='468'>";
		 include($templatelayout);
		 echo"
		 </td>
  </tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>";

?>

rebelo

Are you sure the query is returning and setting the template variable correctly? I don't know your database structure etc, so I'm just looking at this briefly.

Try adding an "echo $templatelayout;" before the include($templatelayout); to make sure that the filename is being set correctly.

Also are you getting any error output?

raouleduke

print $templatelayout;

http://www.mysite.net/customers/templategenerator/layouts/001.php

rebelo

So, are you getting error output from the include() call? If so, what is it.

raouleduke

It will work if I just use.

../layouts/001.php

Don't know why though

rebelo

Well, aren't you supposed to use the absolute system path for includes as opposed to the URL?

Like:

/var/www/html/customers/templategenerators/layouts/001.php

Maybe urls work, but I always use unix path for include/require functions.