PHP Include help

Beginners - Learning PHP
#1

This may double post so sorry if it does…

Anyway I am teaching myself php by using a template and amending it.

I am having problems getting the include function to work.

In the index file I have:

hello
  • Navigation <? php require ("menu.php"); ?>

    • The text hello and navigation were entered so I could check the positioning.

    Any idea why this isn’t pulling through my menu file?

    Thanks

    #2

    Sorry tht should have said:

    hello
  • Navigation <? php include("menu.php"); ?>

    • (include not require)

    #3
    <? php include("menu.php"); ?>

    you put space at the <?php misstasham…

    #4

    Thanks for the reply

    I tried that it doesnt work… any other sugestions?

    #5

    Both include and require should work fine. But you need to check two more things:

    • your menu.php file must be located in the same directory as your file with the code you posted here
    • check for syntax errors in your menu.php file (or, for testing purposes, just place there some static text)
    #6

    Hi

    I’ve checked both of those things and its still not working, there were a couple of syntax errors before which I have now amended but its still not pulling through what I need…

    #7

    Did you try to put static text in menu.php? Like this:
    menu.php

    Hello world!

    If after that it is still not working, check your file extension (or mime type) - must be php. And check if you have PHP installed, and web server is running (such as Apache).

    #8

    Right I have tried everything you have suggested… the test file works.

    Also tried entering plain text into the menu file and its still not pulling through…

    Thanks for your suggestion

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