Open a PHP page from PHP code

Fastback_68

Hi,

I'm new to PHP coding. Is it possible to open a PHP page from PHP code?

For example what i want to do is having something like this, mypage.php:

<?php
PHP code doing stuff
PHP code doing more stuff

Now breakout of the code and open "myotherpage.php"
?>

I appreciate the help

thanks,

Joe

thorpe

[man]include/man

Fastback_68

the thing with include() is that it does exactly that, it includes the page i want to open in with the current page,

what i want to do is break out of the current page and open another page

zbee

Please be more specific, but I guess what you're trying to do is to write some code, then have some other code in a different file. If this is correct, then I would suggest this:

//PHP Code HERE
//More PHP Code

include('file.php');

This will execute what's coded in 'file.php'.
Try www.php.net/include/

Hope this helps.

Fastback_68

ok, i dont want to use include because it only appends the new page data to the current page, as far as my understanding of include() is

so if i have php code, mypage.php

<?php

print '<p>This is some content</p>';

include 'myotherpage.php';

print '<p>This is more content</p>';

?>

and myotherpage.php simply prints a statement like "I'm new to PHP", what i will get as output is

This is some content
I'm new to PHP
This is more content

What i want to do is have it so that myotherpage is opened seperately, so that all i see is

I'm new to PHP

zbee

Just one question: do you want to open myotherpage.php separately, as if you were redirecting? You see, once you open a page, you can't hide the code. What you can do, is use

header("Location: ./myotherpage.php"); 
//PHP Code

The PHP Code will be executed even when you don't see the page executing it.

thorpe

if you want to open a new window, you'll need to use client side code. php doesn't even know a window exists.

you'll need to call javascript's window.open() function.