[RESOLVED] Variable in include URL

[zah]

Hello! I've got a problem with PHP, not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm trying to use a variable in a PHP include. I'm not a big fan of the Wordpress pages, and frankly I can't use them in this situation. So I've created the[FONT="Courier New"] index.php[/FONT] file that I'll be using for my page:

<?php include("http://example.com/curthemeset.php"); ?>
<?php include("http://example.com/wp-content/themes/" $curtheme "/header.php"); ?>
CONTENT
<?php include("http://example.com/wp-content/themes/" $curtheme "/bottom.php"); ?>

Which includes [FONT="Courier New"]curthemeset.php[/FONT], which is setting the [FONT="Courier New"]$curtheme[/FONT] variable:

<?php
$curtheme="theme1";
?>

However, when I try putting this all together using the [FONT="Courier New"]index.php[/FONT] file, I get the error "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/public_html/fan/collective/index.php on line 2." Can anyone help me? 😕

[Bjom]

you need the concatenation operator "."

(and you don't need to go out and in of php mode for each line, and also single quotes are sufficient and you dont even need parentheses for an include...) so this should work:

<?php
include 'http://example.com/curthemeset.php';  

include 'http://example.com/wp-content/themes/' . $curtheme . '/header.php';
?>

[zah]

Aha thank you! I knew I needed " . " in there somewhere, but I really wasn't sure where or how to use it. Thanks!

[zah]

Alright, so I just tried implementing the code, and actually I'm still receiving errors. It looks as though it's not registering the variable as anything. The errors I'm getting are as follows:

Warning: include(http://solar-escape.info/wp-content/themes//header.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found in /home/bla/public_html/fan/collective/index.php on line 3

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'http://solar-escape.info/wp-content/themes//header.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/bla/public_html/fan/collective/index.php on line 3

[Weedpacket]

Um, you shouldn't be using http URLs to request the pages you're trying to include; you're supposed to be using their filenames.

[zah]

Alright, I'm no longer using http URLs to include, and it's still not working. It's acting partially as if no variable is set. Take a look at the errors:

Warning: include(curtheme.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/bla/public_html/fan/collective/index.php on line 2

Warning: include(curtheme.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/bla/public_html/fan/collective/index.php on line 2

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'curtheme.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/bla/public_html/fan/collective/index.php on line 2

Warning: include(/home/bla/public_html/fan/wp-content/themes//header.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/bla/public_html/fan/collective/index.php on line 3

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/bla/public_html/fan/wp-content/themes//header.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/bla/public_html/fan/collective/index.php on line 3

[Bjom]

did you check the variable?

try var_dump($curtheme);

[Weedpacket]

zah wrote:

Take a look at the errors:

No, you take a look at the errors.

Warning: include(curtheme.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/bla/public_html/fan/collective/index.php on line 2.

Is curtheme.php in the /home/bla/public_html/fan/collective/ directory? PHP didn't find it there.