Include file only partly loads

stargate03

Hi there

I have a php page, in which i call a file using the format...

<?php include("nav.txt"); ?>

The nav.txt file consists of a series of links in the format...

<? $aaa = firstKeyword(a) ?><? $aaa = str_replace(" ","-",$aaa); ?><a href="<? domain(); ?><? echo"$aaa" ?>" title="">A</a>..
<? $aaa = firstKeyword(b) ?><? $aaa = str_replace(" ","-",$aaa); ?><a href="<? domain(); ?><? echo"$aaa" ?>" title="">B</a>..
<? $aaa = firstKeyword(c) ?><? $aaa = str_replace(" ","-",$aaa); ?><a href="<? domain(); ?><? echo"$aaa" ?>" title="">C</a>..

Basically this allows me to click on the letter of the alphabet in the menu, and go to a page etc etc

However, my pages will only load up to various letters of the nav.txt file and then stop

as my nav is at the top, nothing else under that loads either

any reason why?

NogDog

With the limited information we have here, all I can suggest is to try to get more debug info by starting your main script with:

<?php
ini_set("display_errors", 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

This will hopefully display something if there is an error in the code that PHP detects and can report.

stargate03

With the limited information we have here, all I can suggest is to try to get more debug info by starting your main script with:

Ok all i get is

Notice: Use of undefined constant a - assumed 'a' in /home/path/to/file/nav.txt on line 2

etc etc for each letter of the alphabet

laserlight

You need to quote your strings.

stargate03

ok i did that - i know get no error messages at all

but page still gets stuck loading on the alphabetical navigation

every time i refresh it gets stuck at diffferent letters

NogDog

Maybe something in the firstKeyword() and/or domain() functions is taking too long, and you're timing out eventually?

You could streamline things a lot by using a loop as below, though it wouldn't do anything to speed up the firstKeyword() function should that be where the problem is:

<?php
$domain = domain(); // just do this once since it's always the same
foreach(range('a', 'z') as $letter)
{
   $kwd = str_replace(" ", "-", firstKeyword($letter));
   printf(
      "<a href='%s%s' title=''>%s</a>\n",
      $domain,
      $kwd,
      strtoupper($letter)
   );
}
?>

This would also greatly reduce the amount of going into and out of PHP mode that your current script has, which is likely adding a bit of extra overhead (though it shouldn't be that much of a deal).

kkobashi

Why do you have:

<?
blah
?>

around the nav.txt?

It should be:

<?php

?>

if the above is php code