if () { (between two included files ?

[listenmirndt]

this is for a translation script...

I basically want to do something like this:

<?PHP include "top.php"; ?>Some english words here<?php include "bottom.php"; ?>

top.php (contains):
<?PHP if ($rowxxx[LANG] == 'English') { ?>

bottom.php contains):
<?PHP } else { some other stuff here, translation stuff } ?>

the reason that I want to use include files, is because i don't want to write in a bunch of if statements into the code, i want to template the if statement, so to speak...

this might not be the best way to do this,
but it doesn't work anyway, because i get a parse error, assuming that PHP doesn't let me continue an IF within two included files...

if anyone has a better idea of how to work this... or how to make this work, it would be much appreciated,

p.s.
I want the HTML source code to contain english as a default language hardcorded, for easier editing later, i don't want to make english a variable, only other languages.
that's why i am doing it this way,

thanks

[johanafm]

You are in other words dealing with one text in several languages, yet instead of treating these different language versions the exact same way, you want to treat english one way and all other languages in another way. Not a good approach.

Assuming

/* Default to english.
 * Only allow users to select one of the valid languages
 */
$valid_langs = array('en', 'fr', 'de');
$default_lang = 'en';
if (empty($_GET['lang']) && empty($lang))
	$lang = $default_lang;
}
elseif (!empty($_GET['lang']) && in_array($_GET['lang'], $valid_langs))
{
	$lang = $_GET['lang'];
}

/* $lang is now one of the acceptable languages
 * Since top.php and bottom.php are likely to include text, and all your texts needs to be
 * presented in the proper language, they should also make use of the $lang  variable
 * when retrieving their language specific texts.
 */
require 'top.php';
echo getText($lang);
require 'bottom.php';

As for your error, what you are doing should definitely be possible, so I'm assuming you are making a misstake somewhere outside of what you've shown us. But either way, why split up code into multiple include files when you can put them outside of those files in the including file, where you will also be able to see the program flow over 5 lines of code

if ($stuff)
{
	require 'top.php';
}
else
{
	require 'bottom.php';
}

But I don't really see why you'd include either top or bottom. They should both be included, but their contents changed according to the user's language of choice.

[listenmirndt]

thanks for the reply, but what i am trying to do is a little different:

so,

three files,

top.php
middle.php
bottom.php

top.php

<?PHP
if ($x == $y) {
?>

middle.php

<?php include "top.php"; ?>Hello World<?php include "bottom.php"; ?>

bottom.php

<?PHP
}
?>

returns a parse error...

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in langtop.php on line 1

so i guess i can't do it this way,
i realize that this may not be the best way to handle languages, but it is the way that i need to do it,

if not with including files, with some other method that i can template...

[cretaceous]

no!
as johanfm said you can do it, even though it's a seemingly odd approach
- you must have an error somewhere else

note <?PHP should be <?php

[Bonesnap]

listenmirndt;10994421 wrote:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in langtop.php on line 1

You're getting a parse error because you're leaving an open brace in the top.php file (and likewise a closing brace in the bottom.php file). While it might look like it adds up, when the parser goes through the files, it sees the open brace without a corresponding closing brace and that's why you're getting the error. To avoid this, take the approach johanafm suggested.

cretaceous;10994425 wrote:

note <?PHP should be <?php

It might be better form, but technically it's not case sensitive.