Quick include problem, probably a stupid mistake

[reversial]

OK, so I'm trying to include header and footer files for my site, and I've noticed that I can include files like "css/header.php", but NOT "css/header.php?page=index", which I need to do. I'd rather not use a longer method like reading the file and echoing it if I don't have to, and I'm wondering if this is just a stupid mistake that I haven't looked at carefully.
-Rev

[FatalError]

You can't do that with the include function. The way I would do it is variables. Simply put $page = "header"; in the main file, and have an if statement in the header.php file like this:

if ($page == "header)
{
/* Do something... */
}

See? No reading or echoing needed, just a variable and an if statement.

[cbj4074]

Can you provide a little more explanation about what exactly it is you're trying to do?

When you say you want to include something like "css/header.php?page=index", what are you trying to accomplish? Basically, you are trying to perform a file include function (perhaps include_once()) on a URL. That won't work, as the previous poster pointed out.

It sounds to me like you're overcomplicating this, too. Is your header.php file supposed to output different HTML content depending on whether or not the user is on the "index" page?

[reversial]

Precisely. The styling is slightly different depending on the page, and I would rather have seperate header and footer files. I'm gonna try Fatal's method for now, I'll get back to you if I have any more problems.

[cbj4074]

Yeah, then his suggestion is a good way to do it.