Re: If statement spaning files

If the reason for not wanting to put the condition on every page is that it is quite complex you could set a flag variable in header.inc, check its status in the main document... shouldn't be *that* hard. As for opening and closing brackets in difference includes... I'm not sure, but I would be vrey surprised if that worked (which it sounds like it doesn't) HTH, Tom Carter Web Programmer roundcorners.com On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Meir Kriheli - MKsoft wrote: > I have a several files which include header.inc at the start > (after setting some vars), and footer.inc at the end of the page. > > I want to start an if statment at header.inc and close it > at footer.inc. > > something like > > body.php > ----------- > > <? > set some vars... > include ('header.inc'); > ...... > ...... > ...... > include('footer.inc') > ?> > > header.inc > ----------- > <? > if (condition) { > ?> > > footer.inc > ----------- > <? > } > else { > ....... > } > ?> > > But that gives my syntax error in header.inc. From this i guess > that included files are parsed as a whole before inserting them into > the page. Is this correct ? > > Is there another solution (require ?), or do I have to put the condition > on each page (I'd hate to do this) > > Thank you > > Meir Kriheli > MKsoft computer systems > > 'There's someone in my head but it's not me" - Pink Floyd > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >