"include" function help please

paulsra · #1 07-07-2008, 01:07 AM

Hello,

im trying to add a calender of events to a right hand side table in the layout.tpl.php and cant get it to work, iv used instructions from http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_includes.asp with no joy.

im wonderng if i can 'include' a file from within another folder, ie: does the target file have to be in the same folder as the one calling it?

Maffo · #2 07-07-2008, 04:29 AM

try using {php}{/php} tags

paulsra · #3 07-07-2008, 04:37 AM

do you mean like this?

PHP Code:


			
<html>

<body>



<table>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align:top;padding: 1px; border: 3px solid #C4C4C4;" width="100%">

hi

</td>

</tr>

</table>



{php} include("abc/event.php"); {/php}



</body>

 

</html>

HotAir · #4 07-07-2008, 01:36 PM

That should work... the only problem I've had at times with php includes is making sure the location of the include file is correct.

Regards,
Jim

paulsra · #5 07-08-2008, 03:09 AM

thanks for that Jim, its just not working. Does the target file need a 'prerequisite' (for lack of a better word) to be included this way?

***Eric Barnes*** · #6 07-08-2008, 10:47 AM

You may want to try using the full path. Something like:
{php} include("/home/user/public_html/abc/event.php"); {/php}

paulsra · #7 07-08-2008, 06:13 PM

all im getting on the browser side is :

{php} include("/home/user/public_html/abc/event.php"); {/php}

the file im trying to include is part of an eloberate calendar script.
if i point the browser directly to the file im trying to include, it shows the calendar, so theres no problem there. i just cant add it to the template files to have it show..

**Chaslie** · #8 07-08-2008, 08:10 PM

What Eric gave you was an 'example' of a path - it may not be the same as 'your own' actual path. Just checking to see that you understand this?

paulsra · #9 07-08-2008, 10:11 PM

yes, i get that... i wish it were that simple

paulsra · #10 07-09-2008, 03:59 AM

This is the entire contents of a test.php page with the correct path.

PHP Code:


			
{php}





include("/cal/myevent.php");



{/php}

the folder 'cal' is in the root directory

Should this work?
if i point the browser directly to the file myevent.php i see what i want to see.
if i point it to test.php i see: {php} include("/cal/myevent.php"); {/php}

i must be doing something fundamentally wrong

i think i found the problem, it seems thatyou cant call a file that also uses the include function to call yet another file, unless they are in the same folder...just got to get my head around it..

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