PHP syntax and correct positioning

Twayne · 05-05-2010

In news:Adendum.4agu0b@no-mx.forums.netobjects.com,
Adendum <Adendum.4agu0b@no-mx.forums.netobjects.com> typed:
> Andrew,
>
> No apology needed Andrew - I know you are trying to help,
> and it's appreciated

>
> The original client-drawings.php opens perfectly within
> Firefox and IE8, so I know the page is OK but I made a
> copy of client-drawings.php and stripped out everything.
> Just left it like this:-
>
>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01
> Transitional//EN"> <html>
> <head>
> <title>Client-Drawings</title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <h1>Drawings:-</h1>
> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
> consectetuer adipiscing elit, ............ You can see the
> original photographs from <a
> href="../html/client-originals.php">here</a>.</p> </body>
> </html>
>
> And it made no difference.

>
> I tried replacing the include with a simple echo statement
> and my simple "Hello World" didn't display either. So could
> it be something wrong in my XAMPP set up maybe?
>
> Hard to know what else to test - the pages seem OK, the
> include syntax seems OK. Is there another way to get the
> include into a NOF layout?
>
> [- Time for bed here in the UK, so I'll sleep on it and
> look forward to checking back here in the morning. Thanks
> again for your input- ]

Turn ON error reporting so every error will produce a message.

HTH,

Twayne`

>
>
> Paul - Aditerum & Adendum
> NOF11 (in Admin mode!); Vista Premium 64bit; AMD Phenom
> IIx4 945 Processor 3.00Ghz; 8.0Gb RAM

**andyheer** · 05-06-2010

I tried replacing the include with a simple echo statement and my simple "Hello World" didn't display either. So could it be something wrong in my XAMPP set up maybe?

This might seem awfully obvious but it sounds like you're using XAMPP for the first time.

You are looking at http://localhost/yoursite and not the Local Publish folder aren't you?

**Adendum** · 05-06-2010

Well, I am pleased but also embarrassed

to say that the issue is resolved.

There was nothing wrong with the syntax I was using, nothing wrong with how or where I was positioning the php include statements and there was absolutely nothing wrong with the XAMPP set up or .ini files.

I totally forgot that I had a script buried in the included pages :-

if
(top.location.href!="http://www.domain.co.uk/index.html")
{
top.location.href= "http://www.domain.co.uk/index.html";
}

The script ensures that Google search results will take the browser to the main/surrounding page and not just the content page. I had the old html pages referenced when everything had been changed to php pages.

@Technology Ideas : Apologies for wasting your time on this but I did learn quite a bit more about php in the process, so don't think your efforts were wasted. I can't thank you enough for taking the time, effort and trouble. Very much appreciated.

@Twayne : Also many thanks for the extensive posts - also proved to be helpful in their own way. Incidentally "Did you include w3schools.net and/or php.net in those searches?" Yes I did and these were my starting point. So I 'knew' I probably had the correct syntax at the first attempt but the 'guessing' was really about lack of confidence (very new to php) and my usual concern about the 'subtleties' of NOF handling/structure....so I tried everything! And as far as XAMPP use - yes, I only run it when I am testing or experimenting with Joomla - and always STOP the services before exiting XAMPP.

Twayne · 05-06-2010

In news:Adendum.4ajllb@no-mx.forums.netobjects.com,
Adendum <Adendum.4ajllb@no-mx.forums.netobjects.com> typed:
> Well, I am pleased but also embarrassed

to say that the
> issue is resolved.

lol, well you won't be the last to say that, nor are you the first! The
important thing is resolution, right?

....

>
> *@Twayne : *Also many thanks for the extensive posts - also
> proved to be helpful in their own way. Incidentally -"Did
> you include w3schools.net and/or php.net in those
> searches?" -Yes I did and these were my starting point. So
> I 'knew' I probably had the correct syntax at the first
> attempt but the 'guessing' was really about lack of
> confidence (very new to php) and my usual concern about the
> 'subtleties' of NOF handling/structure....so I tried
> everything! And as far as XAMPP use - yes, I only run it
> when I am testing or experimenting with Joomla - and always
> STOP the services before exiting XAMPP.
>

Sounds like you'll do fine with it; you have the savvy to get going with it
I'd say. BTW, news.php.net has some great folks there; You'll probably like
the place if you haven't already discovered it. They like examples of your
work, just to prove you're not looking for a free ride but they're
reasonable about it.

HTH,

Twayne`

>
> Paul - Aditerum & Adendum
> NOF11 (in Admin mode!); Vista Premium 64bit; AMD Phenom
> IIx4 945 Processor 3.00Ghz; 8.0Gb RAM

**RayC** · 05-06-2010

Originally Posted by Adendum

I totally forgot that I had a script buried in the included pages :-

Paul, for the PHP Challenged among us, can you spell out a bit more clearly exactly what the issue was?

Inquiring minds want to make a note...

-RayC

**chuckj** · 05-06-2010

He forgot to change the URLs in the part of the script he referenced from .html to .php file extensions.

PHP works really well..... whenever it doesn't, it's normally cockpit trouble with the programmer.

I've spent more than a minute or two over the years fixing some type I made that was staring me in the face.

It's the obvious that gets you nearly every time.

**paby** · 05-06-2010

my keyboard is out of order - i keep it short
i do it like this - and it works on my pages

<?php include "yourpage.whatever"; ?>
include can be html/php/txt/inc and others

**Adendum** · 05-07-2010

Originally Posted by RayC

Paul, for the PHP Challenged among us, can you spell out a bit more clearly exactly what the issue was?

Inquiring minds want to make a note...

-RayC

Not much I can offer here really.

In the end it seems my original syntax was OK ...

<?php include('client-drawings.php'); ?>

as was

<?php include("client-drawings.php"); ?>

as was

<?php include 'client-drawings.php'; ?>

The positioning within my NOF layout was OK too.

And after much ado I established (with Andrew's help) that my XAMPP set up was OK as well.

In the end I realised I simply had a script that referenced ...client-drawings.html buried inside the included .php page. So when I came to test the page in XAMPP the included page was telling the browser to use an html page that wasn't there any more...so all I saw was blank space.

So not a PHP problem at all - just another PHP Challenged Dummy at my end !

**Technology Ideas** · 05-07-2010

To be truly correct in php world (and pedantic about it), you should use
<?php include 'client-drawings.php'; ?>
which was one of your options. The other lines will work, but if you program in php and ever get more complicated, the other parts of the string are redundant and can also cause confusion with if the else type statements () and/or putting real text in "". Using single quotes instead of double quotes saves PHP from having to parse your string for variables. It not only is faster, but it is easier to find variables in your code.

**Adendum** · 05-07-2010

Andrew,

Noted!

I'm booking my flight to Melbourne for my .php course. Can I stay at your place?

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