[RESOLVED] php includes

andersstudio

Hi.

I am trying to stack one include on top of another in a <td>

Each include contains a navigation.

The problem is that the <br /> is not inserting a break and the second include file is not displaying.

What am I doing wrong?

here is the code:

<? INCLUDE "/var/non-live/html/nav_undergrad.php"; ?>
<br />
<? INCLUDE "/var/non-live/html/nav_inside.php"; ?>

bradgrafelman

Hrm. Does it display in the HTML source of the page?

Just a couple of thoughts... try this instead:

<?PHP
INCLUDE "/var/non-live/html/nav_undergrad.php";
?> 
<br /> 
<?PHP
INCLUDE "/var/non-live/html/nav_inside.php";
?>

The use of short-tags is deprecated anyway, so let us know how that goes. After making that change, also check the HTML source of the page and see if anything shows up.

Also, try just including the 'nav_inside' file itself. Perhaps there's a problem within that PHP file?

andersstudio

as always, I appreciate your help.

Here's the deal:

I have a .php page that is calling these php includes. The php include files contain html, title, head, body tags because there is javascript and styles in that page.

When I refer to the .php page (that pulls the includes) it is obviously pulling the entire page, giving it 2 sets of html, title, head, body tags.... Perhaps that is the problem?

The second php include still does not display.

andersstudio

i took out all the tags (html, head, title, body) and tried it again. The source code shows it as being there, but it will not display. If i rid the break tag, it displays right next to each other... SO it seems as though the break tag is the problem.

I don't get it...

halojoy

where is your php script code?
how does your includes look like?
what is your folders structure?
you have an 'includes' folder?

<?php
// main.php
include 'config.php';
include ( './includes/my_functions.php' );

// present my main.php HTML code
include ( "./templates/header.html" );

echo "Welcome to my world!";
echo "<br><br>";
echo "a href='page1.php'>continue to page 1</a>";

include ( "./templates/footer.tpl" );
// end of HTML output

?>

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andersstudio

for testing, i have not incuded any special hierarchy of folders.

actually my include files do not contain any php, just all dhtml for navigation. So, your questions are not exactly factors to this situation.

Thank you though

rikmoncur

what happens if you put the <br> at the bottom of the page you removed the tags from?
(and have you removed the </body> </html> tags from that page?)

bradgrafelman

At this point it really sounds like a design/HTML problem to me.

Perhaps you could provide us a link to the script (or an example HTML page of its output) so that we can see what's going on for sure.

jara06

remember, include only tries to include a file and casts a warning if it cant be found/included. Require make a script stop instead (since the file's required).

What about errorsettings ? They tend to be set (default) to off.. Maybe you're getting a warning but not seeing it .. Also, always define a path to the file, unless you are 200% sure it is in php include_path ..

<?php
include('./lib/somfile.inc.php')
?>

andersstudio

Hello all,

Thanks again for all your suggestions. They are very much appreciated.

I was playing around by inserting a few break tags and found that only 1 break tag was not enough space in between the include files; wierd.

I inserted a few break tags and then the other include navigation file appeared.

To save the hassle of using breaks and for a final solution, I inserted another table inside that 'table data' so I can throw an include in each 'table row' as show below:

BTW, another good technique that was discussed was to place a break at the bottom page of code for the first include. I bet that works too.

THANK YOU EVERYONE!

<td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#003366">
	<!-- NAVIGATION TABLE -->
	<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
		<tr>
			<td>
				<? INCLUDE "/var/non-live/html/nav_undergrad.php"; ?>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td><? INCLUDE "/var/non-live/html/nav_inside.php"; ?>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</table>
 </td>