RE: [PHP] Re: PHP Includes and Echoes (From the top...)

On 16 January 2004 13:54, Freedomware wrote: > Thanks for all the tips. It's getting generally getting > clearer, but I'm > a little confused somewhere. [SNIP] > I inserted one of the functions you suggested - $includea1 = TRUE; - > after the include, but I'm sure I did it wrong. Just like before -- put it *before* the include, otherwise the included file won't see it. [SNIP] > //--> > </script>'; > echo '<link href="' . $periods . 'css/a1.css" > rel="stylesheet" > type="text/css" />'; if ($includea1) echo '<link href="' . > $periods . > 'css' . $linkcontinent . '/a1.css" rel="stylesheet" > type="text/css" > />'; > echo '<link href="' . $periods . 'css/na/north.css" > rel="stylesheet" > type="text/css" />'; echo '<link href="' . $periods . > 'css/themes/peace.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" > title="Peace" />'; > echo '<link href="' . $periods . 'css/themes/war.css" > rel="alternate > stylesheet" type="text/css" title="War" />'; > echo '<link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" > href="../../../../us/aaa/favicon.ico" />' > > > > Note that two of my style sheets are named css/a1.css and > css/na/a1.css (na is short for North America). Maybe I should rename > the > second a1 to > avoid confusion, though I'd prefer to tackle it head on and > learn how to > deal with this situation. (Does $includea1 = TRUE; refer to css/a1.css > or css/na/a1.css?) Well, which one is controlled by the if ($includea1) test? > > So here's what I have at present: > Apart from the above points, looks ok for what you're trying to do. Keep plugging away and you'll get there -- a couple of years ago I was a complete PHP beginner (although an experienced programmer), and now I have several thousand lines of code in production use! Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211