[Resolved] include file w/in function

[perpetualshaun]

I am modifying some code, and I want toe replace the function-built $form variable w/ an include file.

Basically, I want to change:

$table1 = starttable ("600", $word." Product", "javascript:history.back();", $form, 3);

to this:

$table1 = starttable ("600", $word." Product", "javascript:history.back();", include("product_form_inc.php"), 3);

where it pulls in the product_form_inc.php file in the proper place. For some reason, it's including the file... "outside" the rest of the $table1 function. From the output, the form should appear in the middle of the table. But w/ the revised code that I'm trying to use, it's including the file before it even begins the rest of the function.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Shaun

[alexu_]

you should paste the starttable() function here.

[mrhappiness]

1. Envelop the complete product_form_inc.php with a function called product_form_inc_func for example

2. have this function return everything instead of outputting it

3. [man]include_once[/man] product_form_inc.php before calling starttable

4. pass product_form_inc_func instead of your include statement as parameter to starttable

[perpetualshaun]

Here is the starttable function.

And I don't know how to do this:
2) have this function return everything instead of outputting it

function starttable ($width, $headmessage, $detailslink, $content, $details) {
	if ($details == 1) { $temp = "<a href=\"$detailslink\"><img src=\"images/nav/view_details.gif\" alt=\"View Details\" width=\"85\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"></a>"; }
	elseif ($details == 2) { $temp = "<a href=\"$detailslink\"><img src=\"images/nav/add_new.gif\" alt=\"Add New\" width=\"85\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"></a>"; }
	elseif ($details == 3) { $temp = "<a href=\"$detailslink\"><img src=\"images/nav/go_back.gif\" alt=\"Go Back\" width=\"85\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"></a>"; }
	else $temp = "<img src=\"images/nav/spacer.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">";
	$out = "
	<table width=\"$width\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">
		<tr height=\"1%\">
			<td width=\"100%\" nowrap>
				<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">
					<tr>
						<td width=\"1%\" background=\"images/nav/table_leftcorner.gif\"><img src=\"images/nav/table_leftcorner.gif\" width=\"35\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"></td>
						<td width=\"98%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\" background=\"images/nav/table_topbg.gif\" height=\"40\">
							<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" background=\"images/nav/table_topbg.gif\">
								<tr>
									<td width=\"75%\" height=\"40\" align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\"><div class=\"main_heading\">$headmessage</div></td>
									<td width=\"25%\" height=\"40\" align=\"right\" valign=\"middle\">$temp</td>
								</tr>
							</table>
						</td>
						<td width=\"1%\" background=\"images/nav/table_rightcorner.gif\"><img src=\"images/nav/table_rightcorner.gif\" width=\"12\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"></td>
					</tr>
				</table>
			</td>		
		</tr>
		<tr height=\"98%\">
			<td width=\"100%\" nowrap>
				<table width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">
					<tr>
						<td width=\"1%\" height=\"100%\" background=\"images/nav/table_leftside.gif\"><img src=\"images/nav/table_leftside.gif\" width=\"12\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\"></td>
						<td width=\"98%\" height=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" background=\"images/nav/white_bg.gif\">";
if($content == "product_form") {
	$out .= include("product_form_inc.php");
} else {
	$out .= $content;
}
						$out .= "</td>
						<td width=\"1%\" height=\"100%\" background=\"images/nav/table_rightside.gif\"><img src=\"images/nav/table_rightside.gif\" width=\"12\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\"></td>
					</tr>
				</table>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height=\"1%\">
			<td width=\"100%\" nowrap>
				<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">
					<tr>
						<td width=\"1%\" background=\"images/nav/table_botleftcorner.gif\"><img src=\"images/nav/table_botleftcorner.gif\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" border=\"0\"></td>
						<td width=\"98%\" background=\"images/nav/table_botbg.gif\"><img src=\"images/nav/table_botbg.gif\" width=\"100%\" height=\"12\" border=\"0\"></td>
						<td width=\"1%\" background=\"images/nav/table_botrightcorner.gif\"><img src=\"images/nav/table_botrightcorner.gif\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" border=\"0\"></td>
					</tr>
				</table>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</table>";
	return $out;
}

[alexu_]

you are using include and it doesn't return the content of the file, it displays directly, so you first display the form and then the table.

instead of
include("product_form_inc.php");

you should use
file_get_contents("product_form_inc.php");

it works for PHP 4.3.0 and above

for older versions you should use this:
fread(fopen("product_form_inc.php","r"),filesize("product_form_inc.php"));

[perpetualshaun]

Thanks for your suggestions and that did indeed work, to a point.

I probably should have mentioned in my first posting that the file I'm including has some PHP in it as well, and I want it to display the values of variables that are defined from the MySQL pull right above the call to the starttable function.

For example, on of the form tags is this:

<input type="text" name="price" value="<?php if($_POST["price"] != "") print htmlentities(stripslashes($_POST["price"])); ?>" size="35" class="input_box">

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by perpetualshaun

And I don't know how to do this:
2) have this function return everything instead of outputting it

As far as I cans see from that function, it doesn't output anything (there are no output statements anywhere) - it does return it (using the return statement).

[perpetualshaun]

Mr. Happiness's reply seemed to be the closest to what I need to happen here. Is he still out there? Could you review the last couple messages I've posted here and maybe give me another pointer?