php issues

nathacof · 10-27-2006, 05:29 PM

If you visit analext.com you will see what should be my site.

index.php

Code:

<!DOCTYPE>
<html>
<head>
<?php include "/functions.php"; ?>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type">
<title>Analext - Home</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php header("Analext - Home"); ?>
<center>This is some content <br /> asjdlasjbfnasbflasdbflasjndf</center>
<?php footer(); ?>
<br />
</body>
</html>

functions.php

Code:

<?php
function footer(){ ?>
  <span id="footer"> 2006 - Nathan Coffield </span>
<?php }

function header($heading){ ?>
  <span id="header"><?php echo $heading ?></span>
<?php }?>

If you view the source you'll see that the source has been cut short. Also my functions seem to do nothing. I changed my php.ini file to display errors but there are none on the page. I can't seem to figure this out. Anyone have any suggestions?

pnellesen · 10-27-2006, 05:59 PM

I'm not 100% sure, but I THINK you may want

Code:

echo "<span id=\"footer\"> 2006 - Nathan Coffield </span>";

in your first function, and maybe

Code:

echo "<span id=\"header\">$heading</span>";

in your second.

Or perhaps this might be a little clearer:

Code:

<?php

function footer(){
  echo "<span id=\"footer\"> 2006 - Nathan Coffield </span>;"
}

function header($heading){
  echo "<span id=\"header\">$heading</span>";
}

?>

nathacof · 10-27-2006, 06:45 PM

Checking out my log there seems to be a problem on line 4 where I'm trying to include functions.php, it says:

Code:

[Fri Oct 27 12:55:21 2006] [error] [client 209.41.163.23] PHP Warning:  main(): Unable to access /functions.php in /vservers/analextc/htdocs/index.php on line 4
[Fri Oct 27 12:55:21 2006] [error] [client 209.41.163.23] PHP Warning:  main(/functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /vservers/analextc/htdocs/index.php on line 4

In regards to the code you posted I had it that way previously, I had changed it because some article I read on php.net. I've since changed it back.

Code:

<html>
<head>
<?php include 'functions.php'; ?>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type">
<title>Analext - Home</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php $title="Analext - Home"; header($title); ?>
<center><p>This is some content <br /> asjdlasjbfnasbflasdbflasjndf</p></center>
<?php footer(); ?>
</body>
</html>

Code:

<?php
function footer(){
echo "<span id=\"footer\"> 2006 - Nathan Coffield </span>"
};

function header($heading){
echo "<span id=\"header\">$heading</span>"
};
?>

^As it is now.

graemef · 10-29-2006, 11:10 PM

Maybe you want to change your include statement...

Code:

<?php include "functions.php"; ?>

remove the slash, I doubt that the file is in the root, and if it is I doubt that you want it there...

senyahnoj · 10-31-2006, 06:47 AM

include() requires an absolute rather than a virtual path so if functions.php is in the document_root directory of your webserver:

PHP Code:



<!DOCTYPE> 
<html> 
<head> 
<?php include $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/functions.php"; ?> 
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type"> 
<title>Analext - Home</title> 
</head> 
<body> 
<?php header("Analext - Home"); ?> 
<center>This is some content <br /> asjdlasjbfnasbflasdbflasjndf</center> 
<?php footer(); ?> 
<br /> 
</body> 
</html>