[SOLVED] loading info to place inside div...

[Drags111]

Hello there! im making my first website, and i have a quick question. What I want to do is have a php script load the info for a navigation bar that i have and i want the php to display the navigation bar inside the page. Like for instance, i have a file called navbarinfo.whatever and the script loads that and displays the nav bar using the info found there. This way i wont have to change the nav bar on every html page i have when i add a new section. I'm positive this is possible, how do i do it? Much thanks!

-Justin

[lonewolf217]

<?php
include 'navbarinfo.php';

 

put the code for the navigation bar in the navbarinfo.php page and then just include it on every page you want the titlebar to be on

[Drags111]

Can i do the code in html in the navbarinfo.php page?

[wildteen88]

Yes. You can place HTML code within included files.

[Drags111]

ok so i tried it out and i made a php file called mainnav.php with this code:

	<h1 class="mnh"> <a href="index.html" class="mnlink"><b>HOME</b></a>  </h1>
<div id="headervr"></div>
<h1 class="mnh"> <a href="/comedy/index.html" class="mnlink"><b>COMEDY</b></a>  </h1>
<div id="headervr"></div>

 

and in the section where i belongs i put

				<div id="headerdiv">
				<h1 class="headerh"> <b>jdubya</b> </h1>
				<h1 class="com"> .com </h1>
				<div id="headerhr"> </div>
				<?php include("mainnav.php"); ?>
			</div>

Its working, however. It just doesnt show up. Can anyone see what i'm doing wrong?

 

 

[wildteen88]

Make sure you have saved your code to a .php file not .html

 

PHP code by default only works within .php files. Howver files that are include/require'd can have any file extension

[Drags111]

both sides to a php file? Because the main one right now is a .html. the nav bar info is in a .php

[Drags111]

Oh ok, i figured it out! Thank you very much wildteen! You're a great help!

[wildteen88]

both sides to a php file? Because the main one right now is a .html. the nav bar info is in a .php

Yes the main file that includes the navbar needs to be in a .php file. However the file the navbar is in can have any file.

[Drags111]

one problem is that i would have to put that file in each directory. when i just do include(whatever) in a directory thats lower than the file, it does not find it. :/

[wildteen88]

Place mainnav.php in your sites root folder (where you upload your sites content too). Now use

 

include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/mainnav.php");

 

PHP will now always include mainnav.php from your sites root folder no matter where its included from.

[Drags111]

Wow ur a genius Thank you so much wildteen!