[RESOLVED] Include Statement Within Echo Statement

[lilwingman]

Hello,

I know you cannot have an include statement within an echo, but that's a problem I'm stuck on. I'm trying to have the Fusion News include statement load as my default page, but my current site structure is pretty forbidding.

Here's my main index function which determines which content page to load:

<?PHP

$default = 'content/news/news.php';
$page_Header = $page_Text = ''; 

function loadInclude($file, $default, $dir='content/')
{
    global $page_Header, $page_Text;

if(substr($dir, -1) != '/') $dir .= '/';

if(empty($file) || !$file) $file = $default;
if(!file_exists($dir . $file . '.php')) $file = $default;

// echo 'Including: ' . $dir . $file . '.php<br />';

include($dir . $file . '.php');
}


if(isset($_GET['id']))
loadInclude($_GET['id'], 'news/news', 'content/');

elseif(isset($_GET['b']))
loadInclude($_GET['b'], 'index', 'content/products/books/');

elseif(isset($_GET['cl']))
loadInclude($_GET['cl'], 'index', 'content/products/clothing/');

elseif(isset($_GET['co']))
loadInclude($_GET['co'], 'index', 'content/products/collectibles/');

elseif(isset($_GET['g']))
loadInclude($_GET['g'], 'index', 'content/products/games/');

elseif(isset($_GET['mi']))
loadInclude($_GET['mi'], 'index', 'content/products/misc/');

elseif(isset($_GET['ms']))
loadInclude($_GET['ms'], 'index', 'content/products/ms/');

elseif(isset($_GET['p']))
loadInclude($_GET['p'], 'index', 'content/products/posters/');

elseif(isset($_GET['t']))
loadInclude($_GET['t'], 'index', 'content/products/toys/');

else include $default;

include('layout/before.php');
echo $page_Header;
include('layout/space.php');
echo $page_Text;
include('layout/after.php');

?>

As you can see, right now the default echos $page_Header and $page_Text from content/news/news.php which works fine with plain html, but Fusion News is loaded by an include statement, and obviously I can't have the include being echoed in by the $page_text.

So, not knowing too much about PHP, I'm kind of stuck. Is it possible to alter the function so that if no variable is present, rather than echoing $page_Text of the default page, the Fusion News include is instead loaded?

[laserlight]

Since you are including all those other files, why can't you just use loadInclude() for the default as well?

[lilwingman]

Right now all the other loadIncludes() are just loading pages that have the $page_Header and $page_Text defined, and that content is then echoed. I need to mod it so that for the $default it includes instead.

Now, again, I'm not a whiz or anything, but would modifying the if/else function like this work (sorry it's not in actual coding, I'm not exactly sure how to do it):

If there is a variable defined, load:

include('layout/before.php');
echo $page_Header;
include('layout/space.php');
echo $page_Text;
include('layout/after.php');

Else, load:

include('layout/before.php');
echo $page_Header;
include('layout/space.php');
include('fusion/news.php');
include('layout/after.php');

[laserlight]

Oh, now I understand. Actually, then the solution is pretty simple: if $page_Text is an empty string, then include the default page, else do the usual stuff.

[lilwingman]

Ahhh ok! How would I go about actually coding that into my function though? I assume I put my previous if/elseif/else loadIncludes within an else statement like you mentioned, but what next?

[laserlight]

Instead of:

include('layout/before.php');
echo $page_Header;
include('layout/space.php');
echo $page_Text;
include('layout/after.php');

Just write:

include('layout/before.php');
echo $page_Header;
include('layout/space.php');
if ($page_Text == '')
{
    include('fusion/news.php');
}
else
{
    echo $page_Text;
}
include('layout/after.php');

[lilwingman]

Worked like a charm. Thanks so much!!