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how do you create an if else statement that contains an include statement?
In ASP you need to have the double quotes but I am not sure how to do it in PHP.
I believe the issue lies with this:
<?php include 'i_main-nav-wohl.php' ?>
I Tried the following:
<?php $url = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
if (strpos($url, "/occupational/wohl/") === 0) {
echo '<?php include ''i_main-nav-wohl.php'' ?>';
} else {
echo '<?php include ''i_main-nav-wohl.php'' ?>';
}
?>
<?php $url = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
if (strpos($url, "/occupational/wohl/") === 0) {
echo '<?php include "'i_main-nav-wohl.php'" ?>';
} else {
echo '<?php include "'i_main-nav-wohl.php'" ?>';
}
?>
<?php $url = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
if (strpos($url, "/occupational/wohl/") === 0) {
echo '<?php include 'i_main-nav-wohl.php' ?>';
} else {
echo '<?php include 'i_main-nav-wohl.php' ?>';
}
?>

Answer 1

Echoing in php means that it displays in the browser and does not implement itself. Just set the include directly in the if statement instead of echoing it.

Answer 2

You dont need a second php tag within your if-else-statement. Otherhwise your PHP output will result in a PHP document containing the content of your if or else branch.
Thus, if you want to produce conditional HTML or CSS use echo. Otherwhise just write your PHP commands without additional php tags.

Answer 3

You can do that like that :
<?php
$url = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
if (strpos($url, "/occupational/wohl/") === 0) {
include 'i_main-nav-wohl.php';
} else {
include 'i_main-nav-wohl.php';
}
?>
Or even better :
<?php
$url = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
$fileToInclude = strpos($url, "/occupational/wohl/") === 0 ? 'i_main-nav-wohl.php' : 'i_main-nav-wohl.php';
include($fileToInclude);
?>
BTW you are including the same file in both cases.

Answer 4

You shouldn't echo php tag in php code .
If you want your php code to be executed by your server,
Instead of this code :
echo '<?php include ''i_main-nav-wohl.php'' ?>';
just do this :
include 'i_main-nav-wohl.php';