Q on the include statement

**JimF** · Tue 28 Nov '00, 4:03pm

I'll tell you the easiest way to do this.

Uninstall Front Page, and heave the disk out the window. Just make sure to uninstall it before you throw the disk out the window, because as I found out the hard way, you can't uninstall FP2000 without the disk. Grrr.

The next step would be to go get a real program, like Dreamweaver or Home Site.

If that's not an option, this is what you should do:

<script language="php">
include ("yourfile.inc");
</script>

Front Page will leave your code alone if it's inside a <script> tag.

HTH

-jim

**chrispadfield** · Tue 28 Nov '00, 4:53pm

even dreamweaver II can't seem to deal with php code embedded in html.. seems to want to play with it the whole time.. infuriating. Dreamweaver 3 luckily manages. 4 is coming out soon.. wonder if it will be worth upgrading to...

**JimF** · Tue 28 Nov '00, 5:24pm

Dreamweaver3 constantly amazes me. I don't know what 4 could bring to the table that it already doesn't do extremely well...

-jim

**chrispadfield** · Tue 28 Nov '00, 6:02pm

glad to see there is another dreamweaver addict here. I can't deal with the "i only use notepad" people

**Mike Sullivan** · Tue 28 Nov '00, 6:26pm

I can't deal with the "i only use notepad" people

I only use UltraEdit, does that count?

I kinda have to though - all my html is in my php scripts (doh!)

**Zecherieh** · Tue 28 Nov '00, 6:45pm

thanks for the answers - I am still a baby at all this so I am learning day by day.

**chrispadfield** · Tue 28 Nov '00, 6:54pm

ed.. yup that is the problem i am finding....

out of interest.. does it make any difference on server load/performance whether html is in the php or not...

ie is there a difference between

<html>
<head>
<title>sdfsafa</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php

if ($action="1")
{

?>

Some html here

<?php
}
?>

general html here

<?php

if ($action="2")

?>

normal html

<?php
}
?>

is that like ok or would you not recommend doing it like that? When i gets down to it.. would you do:

<a href="http://www.domain.com/index.php?action=
<?php echo "$action"; ?>
&name=blah

sort of thing...

just means i can do html in dreamweaver if i do it like that.

**Mike Sullivan** · Tue 28 Nov '00, 7:01pm

It doesn't matter in terms of load/difference in processing. It'd be SOOOO tiny, it's not worth worrying. For personal preference though, I prefer to echo out strings with lots of variables. Don't like typing <?php echo $blah; ?>

**JimF** · Tue 28 Nov '00, 7:01pm

I'm still trying to figure out how I like to do it the best, too. My favorite way is by using the vB templates - eg I make my script a function in vB's global.php. Usually I'll just use a lot of print's, depending on how much HTML there is.

-jim

**Anscoop** · Tue 28 Nov '00, 7:04pm

I'm a CuteHTML only person

eheh
HTML embedded within PHP would be a nightmare in dreamweaver.

**chrispadfield** · Tue 28 Nov '00, 7:12pm

i would like to use templates as well. The whole fasttemplate thing or whatever it is called looks like too much hard work.

But vbulletin ones look good. I just don't quite understand how the database lookups really work yet, used to the simple versions in the books. Once i fully understand that then i think vbulletin's templates are the way to go as a system...

I just wish the other scripts i am adding to my site where in php and not in flipping perl! (imagefolio and links sql). a pain really...

**JimF** · Tue 28 Nov '00, 7:17pm

Originally posted by Anscoop
HTML embedded within PHP would be a nightmare in dreamweaver.

Actually, it's quite easy. No nightmares involved at all.

-jim

**Anscoop** · Thu 30 Nov '00, 12:23pm

Actually, yeah you're right Jim.... it places those little icons for the code in the WYISWYG window..
but I was going for the dramatic effect, you see

**Mike Sullivan** · Thu 30 Nov '00, 12:39pm

It is a nightmare when everything is dynamically generated content -- including the layout. So basically the whole thing goes through a bunch of loops, etc..

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