Making a config file and languages file, without actually defining variables

[xeronix]

Hello All!

 

Well, I'll get down to the base of my question.

 

Right now, I'm designing a website to use a languages file and a config file.

 

I'm approaching it in the following method, which is the languages file has

<?PHP
define("APPLICATIONTOP","Website Name");
define("ETC","Whatever the content is");
?>

 

and am trying to echo it.

 

My method of inclusion is requiring the file in the top of my document, like

 

<?PHP include('ex.'); ?>

 

and I'm trying to simply echo it. However, it doesn't work.

 

My echo method is

 

<?PHP echo APPLICATIONTOP ?>

 

which would be between my <title></title> tags for the HTML.

 

Any ideas as to why it's not working?

 

Thanks!

 

[trq]

The ex. file needs a php file extension to be parsed as php.

[xeronix]

Ahhh that helped me so much.

 

I've also figured out how to keep the file as PHP without having to change it's extension, and that is to disable Apache's PHP module in the server.

 

Though, it's probably easier to just mount an invisible staticserve server and pull the file directly from there.