echoing in wrong place

[hackalive]

Hi guys,

I have an index.php page which run some code and executes a few functions which should echo it in a certain location, instead it continues to echo in the top left of the index.php

 

echothis.php (file that should be echoed to certain location)

<?php
echo $_SESSION['login_to'];
?>
<h4>WLWW</h4>

 

function2.php (file calling the function whcih call for insert purposes echothis.php

	<?php function insertt(){$require_once = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/echothis.php';
require_once($require_once);
}
?>

 

function1.php (calls function2.php where needed)

<?php function go(){ insertt();?>

 

index.php

<H4>WELCOME</H4><?php go(); ?>

 

I have left out the top require require_onces for the files but as you can see index.php require_onces function1.php, function1.php calss function2.php and function2.php echothis.php

 

any help is much appreciated

[hackalive]

so what is the "correct" way to do this

[monkeytooth]

I dunno, but to me thats looks like a lot of calling this that and the other for no reason what so ever.

 

Why not instead where ever you want this particular session to display try

<?php if(isset($_SESSION['login_to'])){echo $_SESSION['login_to'];}else{echo "some alternative as the session isn't set"} ?>

 

Just a thought, I don't know what your particularly doing, and what other stuff you have in your files other than you showed here..

 

but sessions are like cookies, and the easiest way I can think to describe them is they float in mid air and you can pluck them down when ever, just like cookies except they store on the server side, not the client side or something like that..

[hackalive]

monkeytooth thanks for your help but unfortuanately I cannot use your code, so if anyone else has any ideas

[hackalive]

in essence I want to call a PHP file which is like an "app" with tables etc (whatever I write) into my CMS on the relevant page, so if there are any better ways people can suggest

[hackalive]

for some stupid reason it is echoing before it compiles it all together with the other code

[hackalive]

I have no idea how to do this, but I am thinking what if I convert the echothis.php to HTML so not (or maybe I have no idea) have require_once('echothis.php) and have phphtml('echothis.php')

 

and even if this is not a viable solution for this problem I would like to know if such a PHP function exists

 

thanks

 

The require_one is making the content display early so I need another way of calling, that is the problem, or at least part of

[hackalive]

having function.php as

return "AAA";

instead of with require_once places the contents in the right spot, so I need to do something other than require_once in order to dsiplay the whole page

[hackalive]

I have done a bit more fiddiling and it is definetly becuase of the require_once so I need a new way of doing this

[hackalive]

someone must have an idea?

[TeddyKiller]

I understand you need help with this. But PLEASE do not bump messages. It is annoying.

but in index.php, why dont you just call insertt() instead of go first? It's stupid.

 

Also, I'll need some more of your index.php to find out where the echo is being displayed, and where it should be.

[hackalive]

TeddyKiller I appreciated what you are saying but is there a way to get a file other than using require_once, the file structure must remain as is, just need a new way for require_once

[TeddyKiller]

include()

[hackalive]

include yields the same result as require

[TeddyKiller]

Then remove your require or whatever, and put in the echo directly the function. What can go wrong?

[hackalive]

SOLVED and incase anyone everneeds it in the future

 

where I had require_one do this instead

http://www.acuras.co.uk/articles/88-php-include-a-file-and-store-contents-to-variable-using-output-buffer

 

Thanks to everyone who offered adive and help