note 39131 added to function.include

include() is great if you don't want to add too much code to a single file, and you'd rather spread it out so it can be edited more easily. ie. <?php include("left1.php"); ?> Script here. <?php include("last1.php"); ?> It's great for when you don't want to have to go through layouts with 100's of lines of code. Also, if you define a variable before your include, you can then call on it in your included file. ie. left1.php <?php print "<html><head><title>MySite.com: $page</title></head>"; ?> Now, we'd define the variable, then include the file. <?php $page = "Include"; include("left1.php"); ?> This would add the defined variable to the script so it would now output <?php print "<html><head><title>MySite.com: Include</title></head>"; ?> Also, you may want to avoid making infinite loops with includes. Here's a mistake I made once.... I include a file at the end of my left1.php script. <?php //I put lots of HTML before this.... include("middle1.php"); ?> Then, in my middle1.php script I did this: <?php //some HTML again..... include("left1.php"); ?> I accessed the file via my browser, only to find that my webpage never ended. ;) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+39131 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+39131&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+39131&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php