include a php file creates a conflict

[haroon310]

Hi

 

I want to include a php file (basically my personal header) above the phpbb forum header.

 

The file where I am inserting the code is "page_header.php" which is located in the includes folder. (file attached in this post).

 

If I insert the following code:

 

$root = realpath($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]);

include "$root/top.php";

 

I get what I want but the font color of all the topics posted in the forum change from black to white (making it unreadable). 

 

How can I rectify this conflict and how is it happening? 

 

Thanks (I am new to php)

 

 

page_header.php

[Ch0cu3r]

This is not a PHP problem. It is most likely to do with the CSS your using to stylise your header, which is applying the white text color. This is most likely overriding the text for your posts too. To prevent this you will need to write specific css selectors to only apply the white text color to the header and not the whole page

[haroon310]

if i dont insert the include code then everything is ok. Its only after insertion of the code that it messes up. cant find anything wrong with the css file (pasted below)

 

 

/*

  The original subSilver Theme for phpBB version 2+

  Created by subBlue design

  http://www.subBlue.com

*/

 

 

 /* General page style. The scroll bar colours only visible in IE5.5+ */

body {

background-color: #E5E5E5;

scrollbar-face-color: #DEE3E7;

scrollbar-highlight-color: #FFFFFF;

scrollbar-shadow-color: #DEE3E7;

scrollbar-3dlight-color: #D1D7DC;

scrollbar-arrow-color:  #006699;

scrollbar-track-color: #EFEFEF;

scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #98AAB1;

}

 

/* General font families for common tags */

font,th,td,p { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }

a:link,a:active,a:visited { color : #006699; }

a:hover { text-decoration: underline; color : #DD6900; }

hr { height: 0px; border: solid #D1D7DC 0px; border-top-width: 1px;}

 

 

/* This is the border line & background colour round the entire page */

.bodyline { background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px #98AAB1 solid; }

 

/* This is the outline round the main forum tables */

.forumline { background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 2px #006699 solid; }

 

 

/* Main table cell colours and backgrounds */

td.row1 { background-color: #EFEFEF; }

td.row2 { background-color: #DEE3E7; }

td.row3 { background-color: #D1D7DC; }

 

 

/*

  This is for the table cell above the Topics, Post & Last posts on the index.php page

  By default this is the fading out gradiated silver background.

  However, you could replace this with a bitmap specific for each forum

*/

td.rowpic {

background-color: #FFFFFF;

background-image: url(images/cellpic2.jpg);

background-repeat: repeat-y;

}

 

/* Header cells - the blue and silver gradient backgrounds */

th {

color: #FFA34F; font-size: 11px; font-weight : bold;

background-color: #006699; height: 25px;

background-image: url(images/cellpic3.gif);

}

 

td.cat,td.catHead,td.catSides,td.catLeft,td.catRight,td.catBottom {

background-image: url(images/cellpic1.gif);

background-color:#D1D7DC; border: #FFFFFF; border-style: solid; height: 28px;

}

 

 

/*

  Setting additional nice inner borders for the main table cells.

  The names indicate which sides the border will be on.

  Don't worry if you don't understand this, just ignore it :-)

*/

td.cat,td.catHead,td.catBottom {

height: 29px;

border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;

}

th.thHead,th.thSides,th.thTop,th.thLeft,th.thRight,th.thBottom,th.thCornerL,th.thCornerR {

font-weight: bold; border: #FFFFFF; border-style: solid; height: 28px; }

td.row3Right,td.spaceRow {

background-color: #D1D7DC; border: #FFFFFF; border-style: solid; }

 

th.thHead,td.catHead { font-size: 12px; border-width: 1px 1px 0px 1px; }

th.thSides,td.catSides,td.spaceRow { border-width: 0px 1px 0px 1px; }

th.thRight,td.catRight,td.row3Right { border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; }

th.thLeft,td.catLeft  { border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1px; }

th.thBottom,td.catBottom  { border-width: 0px 1px 1px 1px; }

th.thTop { border-width: 1px 0px 0px 0px; }

th.thCornerL { border-width: 1px 0px 0px 1px; }

th.thCornerR { border-width: 1px 1px 0px 0px; }

 

 

/* The largest text used in the index page title and toptic title etc. */

.maintitle,h1,h2 {

font-weight: bold; font-size: 22px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

text-decoration: none; line-height : 120%; color : #000000;

}

 

 

/* General text */

.gen { font-size : 12px; }

.genmed { font-size : 11px; }

.gensmall { font-size : 10px; }

.gen,.genmed,.gensmall { color : #000000; }

a.gen,a.genmed,a.gensmall { color: #006699; text-decoration: none; }

a.gen:hover,a.genmed:hover,a.gensmall:hover { color: #DD6900; text-decoration: underline; }

 

 

/* The register, login, search etc links at the top of the page */

.mainmenu { font-size : 11px; color : #000000 }

a.mainmenu { text-decoration: none; color : #006699;  }

a.mainmenu:hover{ text-decoration: underline; color : #DD6900; }

 

 

/* Forum category titles */

.cattitle { font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px ; letter-spacing: 1px; color : #006699}

a.cattitle { text-decoration: none; color : #006699; }

a.cattitle:hover{ text-decoration: underline; }

 

 

/* Forum title: Text and link to the forums used in: index.php */

.forumlink { font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; color : #006699; }

a.forumlink { text-decoration: none; color : #006699; }

a.forumlink:hover{ text-decoration: underline; color : #DD6900; }

 

 

/* Used for the navigation text, (Page 1,2,3 etc) and the navigation bar when in a forum */

.nav { font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; color : #000000;}

a.nav { text-decoration: none; color : #006699; }

a.nav:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

 

 

/* titles for the topics: could specify viewed link colour too */

.topictitle { font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px; color : #000000; }

a.topictitle:link   { text-decoration: none; color : #006699; }

a.topictitle:visited { text-decoration: none; color : #5493B4; }

a.topictitle:hover { text-decoration: underline; color : #DD6900; }

 

 

/* Name of poster in viewmsg.php and viewtopic.php and other places */

.name { font-size : 11px; color : #000000;}

 

/* Location, number of posts, post date etc */

.postdetails { font-size : 10px; color : #000000; }

 

 

/* The content of the posts (body of text) */

.postbody { font-size : 12px;}

a.postlink:link { text-decoration: none; color : #006699 }

a.postlink:visited { text-decoration: none; color : #5493B4; }

a.postlink:hover { text-decoration: underline; color : #DD6900}

 

 

/* Quote & Code blocks */

.code {

font-family: Courier, 'Courier New', sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #006600;

background-color: #FAFAFA; border: #D1D7DC; border-style: solid;

border-left-width: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px

}

 

.quote {

font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #444444; line-height: 125%;

background-color: #FAFAFA; border: #D1D7DC; border-style: solid;

border-left-width: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px

}

 

 

/* Copyright and bottom info */

.copyright { font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #444444; letter-spacing: -1px;}

a.copyright { color: #444444; text-decoration: none;}

a.copyright:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;}

 

 

/* Form elements */

input,textarea, select {

color : #000000;

font: normal 11px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

border-color : #000000;

}

 

/* The text input fields background colour */

input.post, textarea.post, select {

background-color : #FFFFFF;

}

 

input { text-indent : 2px; }

 

/* The buttons used for bbCode styling in message post */

input.button {

background-color : #EFEFEF;

color : #000000;

font-size: 11px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

}

 

/* The main submit button option */

input.mainoption {

background-color : #FAFAFA;

font-weight : bold;

}

 

/* None-bold submit button */

input.liteoption {

background-color : #FAFAFA;

font-weight : normal;

}

 

/* This is the line in the posting page which shows the rollover

  help line. This is actually a text box, but if set to be the same

  colour as the background no one will know

*/

.helpline { background-color: #DEE3E7; border-style: none; }

 

 

/* Import the fancy styles for IE only (NS4.x doesn't use the @import function) */

@import url("formIE.css");

[Ch0cu3r]

That is the forums default css stylesheet

What css does top.php refer to?

[haroon310]

none! top.php just has some images with links to other pages

 

http://www.theairlinepilots.com/top.php

[Ch0cu3r]

This is could be why

<BODY bgcolor="#ffffff" TEXT="#ffffff" LINK="#ffffff" VLINK="#ffffff"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">

TEXT, LINK and VLINK attributes will set the text color to white, which could be overriding the text color  defined by your forums css.

[haroon310]

that was it!

 

i thought closing the body tag would limit its effect but it did'nt. anyway thanks a lot. 

 

much appreciated