php includes issue

[toltmanns]

Hey freaks :-)

 

I'm having an issue where I am trying to load an external file (containing php code that needs to be executed) into the main php file. I have tried using file_get_contents as well as include and possibly other functions, but the php code in the external file doesn't get parsed.

 

I've searched around looking for different code samples but I haven't found one that works right just yet.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

Troy R Oltmanns

[947740]

Use:

 

include("php_file.php");

 

[Adam]

Also remember you still need PHP tags around the code within your external file...

[Yesideez]

eg.

<?php include("file.php"); ?>

[Adam]

Well technically it's a statement and should be written:

 

include 'your_file.php';

[947740]

I have never seen it done like that (not that that means anything), and technically,

<?php include("file.php"); ?>

works just fine.

[xcoderx]

its always like this

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

[kenrbnsn]

Directly from the manual

Because include() is a special language construct, parentheses are not needed around its argument.

 

But, it's not an error to use them.

 

Ken