Sending A Variable to set visibility to 0

[spinsane]

Hello,

I have just really started with php and i was wondering if someone could help with my dillema.

I have a php page that has a footer file. This footer file should only be visable when the page is opened by itself in a browser window. When the page is opened from an include I need the footer file to be excluded.

Example:

myphpfile.php - when loaded shows file that echos footer

myotherfile.php - has an include that sets a variable(noshowfooter) when opening myphpfile.php that does not echo the footer

If someone could write a few codes of line based on this principle that would help me figure out what i am doing wrong it would be greatly appreciated

[devinemke]

if (!isset($noshowfooter))
{
	include('footer.php');
}

[spinsane]

The footer is not a seperate code it is an echo command inside the php page.

But will this work by placing the echo command for the footer inside, and how do i set the variable on the page that calls the php in an include.

[devinemke]

$noshowfooter = true; // if you don't want the footer

if (!isset($noshowfooter))
{
	echo 'this is the footer';
}

[spinsane]

Thanks just to recap using your code, my include should look something like this:

<?php include(page1.php); $noshowfooter = true; ?>

If this is correct let me know, like i said php is new to me.

[devinemke]

no, you need to set the $noshowfooter variable before you do the include:

<?php
$noshowfooter = true;
include('page1.php');
?> 

[spinsane]

Okay i thought i could figure it out, i was wrong.

The HTML Output in this line of code is what i wish to hide if the variable is passed:

$TOKENS = array();
$TOKENS['edit_button']['token'] = "__EDIT_BUTTON__";
$TOKENS['edit_button']['html'] = '
    <form action="" method="post">
    <input type="button" onclick="document.location=\'' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?action_edit=1\';return false;" name="action_edit" value="Edit This Page"
    style="border:1px solid; border-color:#666666 #333333 #333333 #666666; font:bold small arial, verdana,sans-serif; color:#000000; background-color: #b7bdc7; text-decoration:none; margin:1px; padding: 3px; " />
    </form>';

Ok so i want to only diplay the html when noshowfooter=false

By the way you have been a great help and i do appreciate it.

[devinemke]

if (!isset($noshowfooter)) 
{ 
    echo $TOKENS['edit_button']['html']; 
}

[spinsane]

still isn't working, oh i wish for my days with basic.

Here is where the footer is actually called:

/ PAGE_FOOTER /

//

// EDIT_BUTTON

Thanks for all the help

[devinemke]

post your code

[spinsane]

Thanks man, here's the link: Yup Right Here

Let me know, I would like to place the control around line 350 where the button is generated.