using Require

lucilue2003

Hello,

if($_POST['pageName']=='hotSearch')
{
$html = preg_replace("'<table[^{>]?>.?</table>'si","",$html,'1');}
$html = preg_replace ("'<html>.?<body[^>]?>'si",require('../design/includes/header2.html'),$html);
}
else
{
$html = preg_replace("'<table[^{>]?>.?</table>'si","",$html,'1');}
//$header = require ('header.html');
//$header .= require ('../design/includes/header2.html');
$html = preg_replace ("'<html>.?<body[^>]?>'si",$header,$html);
}

echo $html;

In the IF conditoin, the require statement causes a 1 to be printed onto the screen and then the contents of html.
However, if i copied everything and just placed it inside with "myinformatoinhere" then it prints just the way before but without the 1 .

in the else, I have the same problem, it prints twice 11 and then my contents.

How do i get rid of those 1 and 11

Thanks.

devinemke

[man]require[/man] returns TRUE(1) on success and FALSE(0) on failure. since you are echoing the output to the browser you are seeing 1's for each succesful require().

lucilue2003

How do i remove that 1 ?
Thanks.

devinemke

Originally posted by lucilue2003
How do i remove that 1?

...dont echo the output of require() to the browser

lucilue2003

But i need to outpout the results.
If I dont' echo, then print? (i tried print($html); but that didn't work eitehr.)

laserlight

If I dont' echo, then print?

You could still use echo, but just use it more intelligently.

e.g.

if (require 'header.html') {
	echo 'all okay';
} else {
	echo 'could not include "header.html"';
}

if you get any problems with the example, try changing
require 'header.html'
to
(require 'header.html')

laserlight

Oh, and the way you're using require requires you to have the include file return a value.

Simpler yet would be to define a function in the include file, and then use it.
That way you wont have to play with require, but with functions, which would be simpler.

lucilue2003

if($_POST['pageName']=='hotSearch')
{
$html = preg_replace("'<table[^{>]?>.?</table>'si","",$html,'1');}
$html = preg_replace ("'<html>.?<body[^>]?>'si",require('../design/includes/header2.html'),$html);
}
else
{
$html = preg_replace("'<table[^{>]?>.?</table>'si","",$html,'1');}
$header = require ('header.html');
$header .= require ('../design/includes/header2.html');
$html = preg_replace ("'<html>.?<body[^>]?>'si",$header,$html);
}

Well, if you're saying that i should put a function inside of my files that im' trying to import fine. But then how would i call that fuction. More importantly, my preg_replace wouldn't work the same way? Just not sure how to call the fucntion inside the included file to print all the things it needs to and at the same time have that printed stuff replace the other stuff (preg_replace)

Thanks for ur assist.