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[faxof]

evenin' all

if i have an index (basic navigation list of links managed by css) that i want repeated on every page in my site. is there a way (possibly using php) that i can have one source file that contains all the links, and have all my detail fles pick up and display the links that are in the source file.

 

[ca8msm]

Yes, you can use the "require" keyword to include other pages in a PHP page. For more help, I'd suggest asking in the PHP forum (forum434).


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[Foamcow]

the include(); function would be more suitable (I think)

Create an HTML fragment, literally just the html that creates the navigation (no head, body etc)...
Then simply put

<?
include("myNav.html");
?>

Where you want the nav to appear and it will be included in the HTML that is sent to the browser when a page is requested.

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[ca8msm]

Yeah that looks to be a better solution


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[faxof]

cheers guys, but i'm a bit of a newbie

all i see in the browser is include(filename)

i renamed my html file to php but that didnt work (i didnt think it would)

im not entirely sure how to get it working

 

[ca8msm]

Did you use the [attn]<?[/attn] tags like FoamCow suggested? Also, you should really ask this in the PHP forum if this is going to start getting into PHP syntax.


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[Foamcow]

Before you take it to the PHP forum, does your server/hosting account support PHP?

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Good point. I would have assumed that if they were asking for PHP solutions, they would know this in advance... but someitmes, you can never be too sure ;-)

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[faxof]

yes good point, but i aldready checked that.

it does work now, the problem was the tags, the fisrt one <? needed to be <?php

still, a star!

 

[Foamcow]

I've just got used to using "short tags" - they can be enabled from the php.ini file.

However, looking into it further it is better to use <?php both for portability and for use in XHTML documents (to remain in standards)

Ta for the *

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[ChrisHunt]

See my post near the end of thread828-1086345 for some advice on effective php/server side include usage.

Must write a FAQ about this one day...

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