Include

[SN3]

Is it possible to use the include code in a page that is already being included? It never works for me. How else could I include a file in a file that is being included?

[DaveyBoy]

why not include two seperate files or summat and place them?

[SN3]

It's a template system where a php file pulls another php file as a template, but I want to include in the template php file.

[littleFella]

Technically it is possile, but the problem is with the path resolution. Paths in php seems to resolve relative to the final html/php code displayed in the browser.

[SN3]

So what would I need to do?

[Jazzee]

You could use absolute URLs.

[SN3]

How would I do that?

[Jazzee]

Instead of this:

<?php include('filename.php'); ?>

Use this:

<?php include('http://www.sitename.com/filename.php'); ?>


I think that will work.

[FGTH]

Originally Posted by Jazzee

Instead of this:

<?php include('filename.php'); ?>

Use this:

<?php include('http://www.sitename.com/filename.php'); ?>


I think that will work.

I'd also check for secure URIs...

<?php
	if (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS'])) { // Check for secure URI.
		include('https://www.sitename.com/filename.php'); 
	} else {
		include('http://www.sitename.com/filename.php'); 
	}
?>

[Jazzee]

What does that do?

[FGTH]

When using absolute paths for includes, always call from the correct absolute path (unsecured or secured).

The code I inserted checks if the current page is http: (unsecured) or https: (secured) and calls the include from from the correct path (either the unsecured absolute path or the secured absolute path).

Placing unsecured absolute paths into a secured page breaks the SSL on that page (if using IE, you'll see the lock with a red crack through it on the bottom right).

[SN3]

Thanks!