Posted by Tim Streater on 06/20/07 08:59

In article <1182309379.784775.138420@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
Steven Borrelli <sborrelli8@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using the <?php include() ?> statement on my website for
> organizational purposes. However, one of my includes contains some
> PHP code. Is there any way for the server to actually parse the
> include? I've tried this before, and it did not parse the include.
> Rather, it included the file as just plain ASCII.
> =======================
> /*EXAMPLE 1*/
> /*index.php*/
> ...
> <?php include('global/includes/footer.inc') ?>
> ...
>
> /*footer.inc*/
> ...
> <p>&copy 1993-<?php echo date("Y") ?> Kingswood School. All rights
> reserved.</p>
> ...
>
> /*EXAMPLE 2*/
> /*index.php*/
> ...
> <?php include('global/includes/lastmod.php') ?>
> ...
>
> /*lastmod.php*/
> ...
> <?php
> echo "This file was last modified: ";
> echo strftime("%A %B %d %Y");
> include('whateverfilename.inc');
> ?>
>
> =============================
>
> I would like to be able to parse the include if it has php code, and
> in some cases, create nesting includes (an include within an
> include). Is this even possible? Any ideas?
>
> Any help is certainly appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Steven Borrelli
> Web Developer
> Kingswood School

Should be parsed as long as the include file has the <? and ?> tags.
Most of my includes are tagged .inc and it works fine.

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