Strategy to pass data from included PHP file - php

Question

The following code presents a way that I am currently rendering my pages through index.php. The problem is that I'm not sure how to re-think this so I can pass a page title before the template has been included.
How other way I could do this? This is just my index page, please ask if more code needed.
include($cms->GetTheme() . "/head.php"); This should get the Title information before being included, but I'm not sure how to pass data there from later included page.
include('config/config.inc.php');
$cms = new cms();
if(($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'GET' || $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') && !empty($_GET['page'])) {
include($cms->GetTheme() . "/head.php");
$cms->IncludeModule($_GET['page']); <- actual page being included
include($cms->GetTheme() . "/foot.php");
} // end (GET || POST) && GET
else { // just index.php
include($cms->GetTheme() . "/head.php");
foreach($cms->GetModuleList() as $module) {
echo " $module <br />";
}
include($cms->GetTheme() . "/foot.php");
} // end ELSE
Example page being included. The $this->SetTitle($module_name); I would use to set the page title.
<?php
$module_name = 'Log out user';
$module_directory = 'admin';
$this->SetTitle($module_name); // setting page title
if(count(get_required_files()) < 2) {
header('Location: index.php');
}
else {
if(isset($_SESSION['user'])) {
$this->DestroyUser();
echo "You have been logged out! Please navigate to the Login Page.";
}
else {
header('Location: index.php?page=login');
}
}
?>

Answer 1

There are echos all over the place. Try and limit the places where you do that by storing the output, rather than printing it all out straight away.
In your module for example, you could do $this->content = "You have been logged out..."
Then you can change the order of execution:
$cms->IncludeModule($_GET['page']);
include($cms->GetTheme() . "/head.php");
echo $cms->content;
include($cms->GetTheme() . "/foot.php");