I'm learning php, been trying to make a cms, but when I use an include for the header this results in the page appearing as if it were written in pre tags. There's no errors when I debug or anything. And I'm completely stumped. When I put the header back in without the include it renders just fine.
<?php include("..\includes\layouts\header.php"); ?>
That's the include I'm using.
I've tried using the full path name, tried it in different browsers and using :
include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]
Check that you are closing your php tags, ending your strings with semi colons etc.. My guess is that your html is being sucked into the php code which freaks out and just dumps it.
Maybe try one of the validators such as http://phpcodechecker.com (I have not used this one so I cannot comment on it's effectiveness)
Edit: I am rereading your post and I think I understand what you are trying to say - your header contains the path to your css and when you put it in a separate php file the css doesn't work? So the first thing to do is determine if the issue with the php path or the css path inside the header.php file. Look at your source code to see if the header code is being included - if it is then play around with the css path - though including the header in a php file will not cause that css path to change.
I am guessing that your header is not included at all from your mention of paths. include() works from the loading file's location. The path it wants is a server path and not a url. The one that you have above: ../includes... means that you have an include folder at the same level as the loading file such as (assume index.php is the main file):
/includes/layouts/header.php
/somedirectory/index.php
The ../ means - drop down one directory then go up from there.
If your path is more like:
/includes/layouts/header.php
/index.php
Then the include would be:
include('./includes/layouts/header.php');
Let me know if that works - if it doesn't try to explain your directory structure.
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I have a header.php file containing my DOCTYPE and all my links/scripts.
I use
<?php
// HTML DOCTYPE insert
include 'header.php';
?>
at top of all my pages to have only one header for everyone, and it works fine.
Now, I have another page that get from a database a summary of my products information. When someone click on the "read more" link:
<p>
read more...
</p>
another page opens with the full information displayed...
Actually that works...
BUT on my new page (display_product.php/id=[anynumber]) my included file doesn't work. So I have no nav bar, no scripts, no stylesheet. Only the text from my database.
AND the weird thing is that when I copy/paste the HTML of my generated display_product page and launch it on my browser, it works... O-o
So the generated code is good.
AND the second weird thing is that when I get rid of the /?id... my layout works fine (but I have no text anymore, of course)
Does one of you have an idea why this crazy things happens?
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Since other answers were given and did not solve the actual problem, am posting my comment to an answer, in order to close the question.
Remove the slash from /?id
The slash is trying to instruct the server to probably find a folder after a filename, which technically looks like is what's happening here.
The ultimate solution for include and require functions with path issues, is to use the absolute filesystem path to the file that you want to include or require.
i.e you may say:
include("C:\\www\\app\\incs\\header.php");
Hint
To learn how to set the absolute path for include dynamically for your project, check the source code of two files of cakephp framework:
index.php
webroot/index.php
I have a php page(index.php) that includes another html file(footer.html). Am using dreamweaver, and my problem is: The included file(footer.html) shows in the main file (index.php) in dreamweaver design view, but does not show in the browser preview. I have both the php files in the root directory, so they're at the same level. I have tried using require rather than include with the same result. My include code is:
<?php include("footer.html");?>
does anyone see something wrong off the bat?
Do realy exist file "footer.html"?
If no create them.
Is file "footer.html" in the same directory as "index.php"?
If no add it to the same directory.
Do you have any content in your "footer.html" file?
If no add any and check if it appears on page.
I am trying to make a template for my website.
Basically taking out all the common stuff out using php's include function.
I have made a navigationbar.php and samplepage.php.
navigationbar has all the links to stylesheets etc.
When they are in the same folder and I include navigationbar.php in samplepage it works just fine.
However when i move samplepage.php to a subdirectory (leaving navigationbar.php in the same folder) and
link navigationbar.php with the menu doesn't come formatted.
it seems samplepage is getting contents from navigationbar.php but navigationbar is not linking to the css files.
Can anyone tell what I'm doing wrong here?
i'm using xampp and have tried with both relative and absolute paths- (include '../navigation.php' and 'localhost/folder/navigation.php')
Make the paths of your css files absolute (i.e. start with / and specify the full path). This will allow them to work correctly from any path.
When including a file in PHP, the url's are relative to the file you are including into. Not to the file you are including.
So you need to change your paths 'navigationbar.php'
Try using something along the lines of this to link to your header/footer files:
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/path_to/header.php');
and then appropriately link to your .js/.css files within header.
Where your PHP files are has no direct influence. You have to make sure that the resulting HTML has the correct paths to all CSS/JS/img files etc. You may want to post your file structure here and show the code that calls the relevant CSS files.
I downloaded a Template + CSS File for a Website that I'm Building, the template worked well until I tried to break it down and put every code in its own file (for easy modification and editing in the future).
So, when I cut the head part which included (Title + Meta Data .. etc ), and put it in its own file, and replaced it (for sure) with an include() function, I lost the CSS styles and returned to the basic & standard style (Black & white with no extra format .. etc)
Where did I Go wrong? Knowing that here is the include function that I've used:
<?php
include 'files/head.php';
?>
With an URL like file:///C:/xampp/htdocs/test6/index.php PHP is NOT executed. You must run it with apache being involved. Currently you are opening your PHP script as a regular txt or html file - it is just passed to browser without processing.
In order to make include function work you must run it with apache. As you are using xamp, I think you should simply open it with URL like http://localhost/test6/index.php In this case, apache will get that request and pass it to PHP. PHP engine will interpret your PHP script and "replace" include files/head.php with a content of head.php.
If everything is Ok, after pressing Ctrl+U (or looking at HTML with Developer Tools or Firebug) you should see a content of head.php instead of <?php include ....
Please note that css files should be linked with relative URL like css/screen.css. Or absolute URL like http://localhost/test6/css/screen.css. like Search for relative and absolute URLs in google for more info.
I am brand new to PHP. I want to use it to include a universal header and footer in an html/jquery site. Currently I am using includes to do this:
<?php include('../includes/footer.php'); ?>
This works fine. Where I encounter a problem is with any images in the header or footer.
An explanation of my file structure:
Root folder: contains index.php and the folders "includes", "img", "php" etc.
php folder: contains gallery.php
includes folder: contains header.php, footer.php
When viewing the index.php all images in the header and footer show properly, but, because they are linked relatively (ex "img/facebook.png"), the do not show in gallery.php. To work they would need a ../ included. But then this would defeat the purpose of a universal header.
Thus I am trying to figure out how to link the images in the includes files in way that is doesn't matter where the php file is located. I have read this thread (which sounds like my problem) but I do not understand any of the answers. I have also read things that suggest $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] .'/folder/';, in conjunction with an echo to display the image. I tried this in my footer.php with this code:
<?php
$path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/img/';
$image = ($path . "facebook.png");
echo "<img src=\"$image\" />"; ?>
When I view the page though, I end up with a little torn paper icon instead of my image. I assume this means that the path is incorrect, but I do not know why. facebook.png resides in the img folder. This problem occurs on both index.php and gallery.php.
After this rather long winded explanation (sorry), my mains questions are:
1) How do I get images to show up properly in my includes across multiple directories?
2) If I am going about this in the right way with the echo, what are the possible reasons why it is not working?
Once again, I know nothing about php, so if you could try to make your answers as basic as possible, it would be much appreciated.
Thank you!
Instead of img/facebook.png, add a / before the img/ like this: /img/facebook.png
This says "go to the root, and look for the img folder there. All your images should work fine then. The path of the images are absolute or relative based on the HTML page you're viewing, not which files you use to create it.
Though there's probably not much of reason for a "php" folder - just keep all your pages in the root directory.