persian-rice Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hello. I'm new to php and have read PHP and mySQL by Michael Davis almost cover to cover, so I have the fundamentals. This is my first practical code that I am trying and I have hit a roadblock for the last 7 hours and I'm pretty much stumped. Sorry if my code is messy, this is a symplification of what I have. Right now nothing happens, even though I can't see why not, but the goal is to require a php page that takes code from a text file, puts them into an array and then echo the code using a loop. The function, which is a page layout, is required at the top of the index.php. Thanks for any help whatsoever, my brain is tired. Main Document index.php <?php require('layout_function.php'); ?><!--load blog layout function--> <html> <head></head> <body> <?php require('make_blog_posts.php'); ?><!--call all posts--> </body> </html> Blog Layout layout_function.php <?php function blog_post ($blogTitle, $blogText, $blogDate) { echo '<div class="Title">'.$blogTitle.'</div>'; echo '<div class="Text">'.$blogText.'</div>'; echo '<div class="Date">'.$blogDate.'</div>'; } ?> Load Blog Text make_blog_posts.php <?php $blog_file = file_get_contents('blogtext.txt'); $blog_list = explode('~', $blog_file); foreach ($blog_list as $value) { echo '<?php ' . $value . '?>'; } ?> Text File blogtext.txt ~ blog_post ('Title1', 'The Text1', 'Jan 1 09'); ~ blog_post ('Title2', 'The Text2', 'Jan 2 09'); ~ blog_post ('Title3', 'The Text3', 'Jan 3 09'); Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/143548-stumped-with-my-php-code/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanWhitehouse Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Just glancing through change this <?php $blog_file = file_get_contents('blogtext.txt'); $blog_list = explode('~', $blog_file); foreach ($blog_list as $value) { echo '<?php ' . $value . ?>'; } ?> to <?php $blog_file = file_get_contents('blogtext.txt'); $blog_list = explode('~', $blog_file); foreach ($blog_list as $value) { echo $value ; } ?> or if u wnted the php tags <?php $blog_file = file_get_contents('blogtext.txt'); $blog_list = explode('~', $blog_file); foreach ($blog_list as $value) { echo '<?php ' . $value . '?>'; } Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/143548-stumped-with-my-php-code/#findComment-753108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
persian-rice Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 i need the php tags or it won't call the function. As for that quote before the php close tag, I have it there, it just isn't showing on the forum post. still no go. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/143548-stumped-with-my-php-code/#findComment-753115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanWhitehouse Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Ok, and it doesn't print anything out? Try adding <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set("display_errors",true); ?> to the top of the index page Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/143548-stumped-with-my-php-code/#findComment-753119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 i need the php tags or it won't call the function. As for that quote before the php close tag, I have it there, it just isn't showing on the forum post. still no go. Simply echoing '<?php' does not meen it will be executed as php. I would suggest removing make_blog_posts.php all together and simply include the following from with a php script (eg; blogs.php) <?php blog_post ('Title1', 'The Text1', 'Jan 1 09'); blog_post ('Title2', 'The Text2', 'Jan 2 09'); blog_post ('Title3', 'The Text3', 'Jan 3 09'); ?> Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/143548-stumped-with-my-php-code/#findComment-753152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
persian-rice Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 Found the Solution! eval() prints the values as php code instead of text. works like a charm now. Thanks for the help nonetheless, the comment about php tags not echoing got me going in the right direction <?php $blog_file = file_get_contents('blogtext.txt'); $blog_list = explode('~', $blog_file); foreach ($blog_list as $value) { eval ($value); } ?> Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/143548-stumped-with-my-php-code/#findComment-753343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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