Why doesn't work in php4???

[storm]

Hi!

Very strange problem, please help.
Look at this example of including file:

File that included - test.inc :
<?
$a=1;
if ($a==1) {
echo "1";
?>

File where it included - index.phtml:
<?
include("test.inc");
echo "Test ok";
} else echo "Test fail";
?>

php4 tells about parse error in index.phtml, however in php3 everything was ok. What's the difference?

[[deleted]]

If this worked in php3, it must have been a serious bug :-)

Include files must be complete PHP code, not just fragments of code that complete the code in the main file.

[storm]

It REALLY worked in php3 🙂
Don't you know, is there any function that can just insert part of a code?

Maybe you know how to solve my problem with completing included code:

I have a part of code that makes authorization, and I am inserting it in the beginning of another file. It looks like

<?
...
...
if ($auth=="ok") {
?>

<?
include("auth.php3");
...
...
...
} else {...}
?>

Thank you.

[[deleted]]

I'd fix it by just putting all the code together.

Or, I'f put the IF statement in a seperate function:

<?
function can_I_do_this($some_var)
{
if ($some_var)
{
return 1;
}
else
{
return 0;
}

}
?>

<?
include("the other file");
if (can_I_do_this(1))
{

do something

}
else
{
#do something else
};

[storm]

Thank you, I think the best way in my case is to put IF into separate function, cause with time I will have to change procedure of authorization.
If I will put all code together then will have to change this procedure in every file 🙂

Thank you very much.