PHP, inside of HTML, inside of PHP

Last post was 24 Nov 2006 at 08:06

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14 years ago

by LooseSniper

LooseSniper

, Canada

Joined 15 years ago
Ok, I have a slight problem that I am wondering if someone could help me out with. Like the title says, I want to include a php file, inside of html code, that is inside of more php code. What I mean by that is that if you look at the code below, you will notice $head = " this is a section of a php file. Now this $head variable is just the header of a template. Anyway, thats not the point. To simplify it, the:

Blue = PHP script in the php file
Green = HTML code inside that PHP code
Red = The php file I want to include but am having trouble doing so

$head = "
<html>
<head>
<LINK href='../lib/style.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<title>TITLE</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>

<div id='wrapper'>

<div id='topnav'>
<div class='nav'>

<? include('../lib/userlogin.php'); ?>
</div>
</div>

<div id='header'>
<a href='../index.php'><img src='../images/logo.png' border='0' alt='aaa' title='aaa'></a>
</div>

<div id='mainnav'>
<a href='../index.php'><img src='../images/01home.jpg' alt='Home' border='0' height='49' width='191' /></a><a href='../plans.php'><img src='../images/02plans.jpg' alt='Plans' border='0' height='49' width='197' /></a><a href='http://retect.com/forum/'><img src='../images/03forums.jpg' alt='Forums' border='0' height='49' width='201' /></a><a href='#'><img src='../images/04support.jpg' alt='Support' border='0' height='49' width='211' /></a>
</div>

<div id='menu'>

<? include('../admin/lib/nav.php'); ?>
</div>

<div id='content'>

<div class='ads'>
<p><center>

<? include('../lib/ads.php'); ?></center></p>
</div>
<br>

";

Could anyone please help me out with this problem of how to include a php file, that is inside of html code, that is inside of php script (if its no too confusing :P). Thanks.

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14 years ago

by paulfp

Paul Freeman-Powell

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Joined 19 years ago
That is indeed an extremely weird way of doing things.... are you sure there's not a better way?

If you want to execute PHP code that's in a string, you'll need to use the eval() function.... look it up in the PHP manual at www.php.net/eval and it will tell you everything you need to know, and more...

A word of warning though: used carelessly, the eval() function can be extremely dangerous. So read around the subject, do your homework and remember to lock all doors and windows!

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14 years ago

by sheiko

Dmitry Sheiko

, Belarus

Joined 14 years ago
<?
// The first solution
$head = "
<html>
<head>
<LINK href='../lib/style.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<title>TITLE</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>

<div id='wrapper'>

<div id='topnav'>
<div class='nav'>

". eval(filegetcontents('../lib/userlogin.php')). "
</div>
</div>

<div id='header'>
<a href='../index.php'><img src='../images/logo.png' border='0' alt='aaa' title='aaa'></a>
</div>

<div id='mainnav'>
<a href='../index.php'><img src='../images/01home.jpg' alt='Home' border='0' height='49' width='191' /></a><a href='../plans.php'><img src='../images/02plans.jpg' alt='Plans' border='0' height='49' width='197' /></a><a href='http://retect.com/forum/'><img src='../images/03forums.jpg' alt='Forums' border='0' height='49' width='201' /></a><a href='#'><img src='../images/04support.jpg' alt='Support' border='0' height='49' width='211' /></a>
</div>

<div id='menu'>
". eval(filegetcontents('../admin/lib/nav.php')). "
</div>

<div id='content'>

<div class='ads'>
<p><center>
". eval(filegetcontents('../lib/ads.php')). "</center></p>
</div>
<br>
";

?>

I can also suggest another one. Parse in JS your HTML and make AJAX-request to controller for every match of <? include(..) ?>, pass to controller including file, eval it within controller and return it into HTML. More about how to handle these AJAX stuff see at http://www.cmsdevelopment.com/en/articles/ajax_grid

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