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hi guys, thanks for that - boy, do i look stupid! i've corrected the typo but now everytime it tries to call something from the /news/ folder, it always come up with a message saying "060308.php could not be found in either the root folder or the news folder!". i've checked that 060308.php is definately in /news/ so i don't understand it. Does any of you guys have any suggestions at all? thanks again for all your help. mark

hi wildteen88, that's great, thank you so much for that! the code works fine for loading files from the _root directory but when it needs to pull something from the /news/ folder, i get the following error message... Fatal error: Call to undefined function: file_exisits() in /var/www/html/clients/npr/main.php on line 40 ...that line of syntax is... [code]elseif(file_exisits('./news/' . $filename . '.php')) {     include './news/' . $pagename . '.php'; } // if it couldn't be found display message else {     echo $pagename . '.php could not be found in either the root folder or the news folder!'; }[/code] do you by any chance know why this could be happening? i've tried a few small things like taking out the full-stop infront of ('./news/' etc. but to no avail unfortunately. thank you very much once again and i'd be grateful if you could get back to me at some point please. all the best, mark

[!--quoteo(post=378676:date=May 31 2006, 07:05 AM:name=Orio)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Orio @ May 31 2006, 07:05 AM) [snapback]378676[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] First question: [code]<?php $file=$pagename; $file.=".php" @require_once ($file);[/code] I didnt really understand the second question... The file is either in root folder or in /news/ ? Or is it in both? Orio. [/quote] Hi Orio and Andy, Many thanks for the replies - much appreciated. The file will be in either the _root folder or in /news/. Do you know how I could code it? Many thanks and hope to hear back from you. All the best, Mark

Hello! I have this code in template.php... [code]<?php @ require_once ("$pagename.php"); ?>[/code] ...to bring content into the template. I've got a folder called 'news' for all the news articles so how could I edit the code to say 'look for files in the news folder as well as the current folder'? I guess I would need something like: [code]<?php @ require_once ("$pagename.php" or "news/$pagename.php"); ?>[/code] ...but that doesn't work. How would I change it to work? Thank you very much and hope to hear from you. Mark

hi andy, thanks for that and for getting back to me... i put the code in my template file next to [code]<?php @ require_once ("$pagename.php"); ?>[/code] but it didn't work. basically what i am after is <?php @ require_once ("$pagename.php" or news/$pagename.php); ?> but i wouldn't know how to write it properly. do you know how it should be written properly? thank you very much for everything. all the best, mark

hi andyb, many thanks for the reply. ill be honest and say i'm new to php and don't really understand all the code in the manual - let alone how to edit it for my needs! is there a simpler way where the script i posted can search in the news folder? if so, could i be a pain and ask if you would mind telling me the code i need please? thank you very much once again and i hope to hear from you. mark

Hi guys, I'm using the below code to call content into my websites' layout: [code]<?php @ require_once ("$pagename.php"); ?>[/code] At the moment, I believe it will only search for files in the same folder as my main template which is fine. The thing is though, is that I want to put all the news files in a folder called 'news'. Is there a way that this code can be edited so it can not only search for and include files in the same folder but also news/ ? Thank you very much and I hope to hear from you. All the best, Mark