Re: include() error

Dave Jones writes: > If you think about what you are doing, you are inserting html into the > middle of a php code area. Try making the included file be something > like: > > ?> > <p>testing 1 2 3</p> > <?php > > > Otherwise the html code in the second file is between the <?php and ?> > of the first file, so the interpreter is trying to parse html as php > code, which should (and did) give you a parsing error.. No, that's incorrect. When include()ing or require()ing, PHP drops out of code mode into HTML mode. If an include file contains PHP code which is to be executed, it needs to be wrapped in <?php..?> tags. For more information, read http://www.php.net/manual/function.include.php -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ |Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> Netmill iTech| |http://www.coastnet.com/~torben http://www.netmill.fi| |Ph: 1 250 383-9735 torben@netmill.fi| +----------------------------------------------------------------+