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Posted by Chung Leong on 08/18/06 05:48
vetchling wrote:
> Hi, I'm pretty new to php but I've been working on a site and have a
> problem I can't fix, though it's probably pretty simple.
>
> Basically I have an index.php file that includes a header.php file. I
> attempt to pass a variable to it as follows:
> <?include("header.php?page=Home");?>
>
> Then the header.php file contains this code:
> <?php
> $page = $_GET['page'];
> ?>
> <html><head><title><?$page?></title>
>
> I want $page to contain the string "Home" of course, but it ends up
> being nothing but an empty string.
[rant against using includes as functions]
Just wrap a function around the HTML then call it. Later on you'll find
that it gives you a lot of flexibility. So instead of a header.php and
footer.php, you have one file, interface.php:
<?php function printHeader($page) { ?>
<html><head><title><? echo htmlspecialchars($page); ?></title>
<? } ?>
<?php function printFooter() { ?>
</body></html>
<? } ?>
In the different pages, you'd include this file then call the functions
at the right places:
<?php
require_once("interface.php");
printHeader('Welcome');
/* ... */
printFooter();
?>
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