how to open a php file without header()

toxic_brain

i need to show a page from 'parent.php' , the page may be 'sub1.php' or sub2.php',... etc depending on the condion...

switch ($condition);{
case 1 :
// open sub1.php
break;
case 2:
// open sub1.php
.......

i am not able to use header() since the page have some echo statements and stuffs at the start.

also want to not to depend on Javascript which i am currently using

document.open('sub1.php');

any other methods ??

laserlight

Cant you include/require the file then?

toxic_brain

'include ' INSERT the sub1.php content into parent.php
so
the result content will be parent.php + sub1.php

we need only sub1.php content

(waiting for mercy)

laserlight

we need only sub1.php content

In which case you dont need parent.php content, so why do you have "some echo statements and stuffs at the start"?

Weedpacket

So if you only want sub1.php content, why are you having parent.php doing "echo statements and stuffs at the start"?

toxic_brain

i'll explain in detail...

it is for redirection pupose.

assume there are

home_page.php
parent.php
sub1.php - Purchase handling
sub2.php - Sales Handling
.............
subN.php

home_page.php will call parent.php as

parent.php?sub=sale

ok?

then parent.php will check the $GET[] and call appropriate sub page .

here, sub2.php.

some session functions are there in parent.php which causes error when we use header() function to call sub pages

laserlight

What session functions are causing problems?

Give the smallest example of a script that demonstrates this problem.

Weedpacket

If you're redirecting then you shouldn't have any need to produce any output. If you are you're just wasting the server's time (and probably some bandwidth; http redirection responses aren't supposed to have content).

Smartest solution would be to redesign your program so that you determine whether or not to redirect and where to redirect to before creating output.

toxic_brain

thank u all...

LoganK

Just so you know you have a syntax error in your switch command:

switch ($condition);{
case 1 :
// open sub1.php
break;
case 2:
// open sub1.php
.......

The initial switch($command) should not have a semicolon after it. This is corrrect:

switch ($condition){
case 1 :
// open sub1.php
break;
case 2:
// open sub1.php
.......

And going with everyone else's advice - either redesign the script, or use redirects, or have the standard "session" functions you're using in an include and include them in every subn.php page.

toxic_brain

Just so you know you have a syntax error in your switch command:

that's why a typed in it, not pasted from the original code...

LoganK

Allright then...I'm still going with my advice though 😃