[Resolved] variables not being passed to included scripts

aircrash

i am trying to include a menu file into my main index page which inserts a css selector based on a variable set on the main page.

the menu code works fine when it is a part of the main index page, but if i strip it out and include it as "subnav_design.php" it stops working - the menu still shows up, but the css selector is not inserted

here is the content of the included file:

<div id="subnav">	
	<ul>
		<li<?php if ($cat=="print") 
      echo " id=\"currentpage\""; ?>>
      <a href="design/print/" title="print design portfolio">print</a></li>
		<li<?php if ($cat=="web") 
      echo " id=\"currentpage\""; ?>>
      <a href="design/web/" title="web design portfolio">web</a></li>
	</ul>
</div>

this is the main page with the subnav embedded

this is the main page with the subnav included

i'm sure there is something obvious that i'm missing, but i'm not familiar enough with php to spot it. any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
nat

tommynanda

post code of the scirpt... where u are including this

aircrash

sorry, forgot that part - here is the main page (the relavant part is the second include under the BEGIN NAVIGATION comment):

<?php 
$address = "http://artificialmemory.com/artmemcss";
$section = $_GET['section'];
$cat = $_GET['cat'];
$page = $_GET['page'];
$img = $_GET['img'];

if (empty($section)) $section = "design";

if (empty($cat)) $cat = "print";

if ($cat=='web') {
if (empty($page)) $page = "siflooring";
}
else {	
	if (empty($page)) $page = "audi";
}
if (empty($img)) $img = "1";
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
	<title><?PHP echo $cat; ?> design portfolio | artificial memory</title>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" />
<meta name="title" content="Colophon | Artificial Memory" />
<meta name="keywords" content="Nat Davis, Nathaniel Davis, Chicago, Designer, design, art director, graphic design, artist, illustration, printmaking" />

<base href="<?PHP echo $address; ?>/" />  

<style type="text/css" media="screen">@import url("css/main.css");</style>

</head>

<body id="<?PHP echo $section; ?>">

<div id="container">

<img id="header" src="rotate/rotate.php" alt="Artificial Memory - A Place Outside the Body to Store Information" />
<!--BEGIN NAVIGATION -->
	<?php 
	include("$address/includes/mainnav.php"); 
	include("$address/includes/subnav_$section.php"); 
?>

<!-- END NAVIGATION -->
	<div id="portfolio_contentbox">	

<div id="thumbnails">
	<h3><?PHP echo $cat; ?> portfolio</h3>
	<?php include("$cat.php") ?>

</div>

<div id="main_image">

<?php include ("$cat/$page.php"); ?> 

</div>

<!-- BEGIN FOOTER -->
	<?php include("$address/includes/footer.php"); ?>
<!-- END FOOTER-->

</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

tommynanda

you cant pass variables if you include() URL.. It gets included after its parsed thru PHP so just remove $address part in your include... and make it relative filepath... something like this

<!--BEGIN NAVIGATION --> 
    <?php  

    include("/artmemcss/includes/mainnav.php");  

    include("/artmemcss/includes/subnav_$section.php");  

?> 

<!-- END NAVIGATION -->

If the path I assumed is correct.. this should work... or else change path accordingly... DO NOT use URL([url]http://[/url]) when you want to pass or get variables in include

Be sure to mark this thread resolved... 😉

Good Luck
TommYNandA

aircrash

that worked.
thanks!