Interesting question

Anon

Hola all, hope your day is going well. I have a number of php scripts that all need to call the same header.php file as a building block for valid html output. This all seems pretty simple. However, based on the calling file I need my header.php to output different java script in the header section of the output html that gets sent to the browser. How do I do this? I thought of using $PHP_SELF but that seems to give me header.php each time. Please HELP!!! Have a great day.

toma42

Use a function rather than including the file to output the contents. You can pass the function the variables for your js.

Anon

Hmm... Sounds great. Do you happen to have a snippet handy as an example?

kparker

Sure, just have the include-file define a function that takes parameters, then call the function as needed:

header.php:

<?php
function html_header($color,$title,$etc)
{
...
}
?>

main.php:

<?php
include('header.php');
...
html_header($my_color,"Main",...);
...
?>

another.php:

<?php
include('header.php');
...
html_header($different_colors,"another title", ... );
...
>

Anon

Ahhhh....I see the light! I must say Ur the man. Thanks for your help.

Jimmi