put an "include" call in template file ?

[GreatTraveller]

Hi have been trying to get a banner program to insert a rotating banner into my header template but if I put in the folloing code all that happens is it gets printed on the sreen.

include("/home/sites/site77/web/banner/ad/ad.php");

Any help would be appreciated as currently I am using a framed page to display banners and that does not work for links to threads called from other sites.

Thanks in advance for ANY help you can offer.

GT

[tubedogg]

$myad = implode('',file('/home/sites/site77/web/banner/ad/ad.php'));

Put that in your phpinclude template and then reference $myad where you want it.

[GreatTraveller]

Am I doing something wrong?

I have edit the phpinclude template and it now looks like:

// This code is PHP4 ony:
// ob_start();
// require("yourheader.html");
// $header = ob_get_contents();
// ob_end_clean();
$myad = implode ('',file '/home/sites/site77/web/banner/ad/ad.php'));

Then to test it I changed the footer template to:

</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- /content area table -->
</center>

<p align="center">
<normalfont><b>&lt; <a href="$contactuslink">Contact Us</a> - <a href="$homeurl">$hometitle</a> - <a href="/links.shtml">Links</a> - <a href="/policy.shtml" target="_parent">Usage Policy</a> &gt;</b></normalfont>
</p>
<p align="center">
$myad
</p>
<p align="center"><smallfont>
<!-- Do not remove this copyright notice -->
Powered by: vBulletin Version $templateversion<br>
Copyright &copy;2000, 2001, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited.<br>
<!-- Do not remove this copyright notice -->
$copyrighttext
</smallfont></p>


However all that happens on the screen is I get pages and pages of the code in the ad.php file displayed.

Again any thoughts greatly appreciated.

GT

[tubedogg]

That's odd...try

$myad = implode('', file("/home/sites/site77/web/banner/ad/ad.php"));

[GreatTraveller]

No again

It just displayed all the code from the file we are trying to include again.

But thanks again for the effort.

Should I perhaps use a Java Script instead ?

GT

[Mike Sullivan]

Tubedogg -- if you want to use that way, you have to use the URL to the file.

GT -- Try:

$myad = implode('', file("http://www.domain.com/banner/ad/ad.php"));

(changing the URL to suit)

[GreatTraveller]

That one works, Thanks Guys

THANK YOU

[xixi]

use it,my page very slow
why?

[orca]

Originally posted by xixi
use it,my page very slow
why?

May because the banner takes long to load...

[xixi]

no
because

$news = implode("\n",file("$bburl/news.php")); 

use:
ob_start();
require("news.php");
$news= ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

very fast

why?

[Pie'oh'pah]

Hi

I have a similar problem.

I'd need to have this somehow integrated to all pages:

require '/dir/public_html/sympoll/booth.php';

when using implode in phpinclude template im getting the content of that file spammed accross the screen.

It's necessary to have it with a path not the url to that file (dunno why but thats what it says in the instructions)

Any help would be greatly appreciated

-Alex

[Grandmaster]

I add that code, but i get this at the bottom of all of my pages..

implode('', file("banners_eng.inc"));

[Chen]

You said in another thread you added it to your footer template.
That is a wrong thing to do.
You need to add it to your phpinclude template, and then use $myad in your footer template.

[Grandmaster]

Firefly, I am braindead when it comes to this. How, and what do I add to the PHP Include, and then what do I add to my footer, my phpinclude looks like this currently:

// This code is PHP4 only:
// ob_start();
// require("yourheader.html");
// $header = ob_get_contents();
// ob_end_clean();


Sorry If this question is too obvious.

[Chen]

phpinclude:

// This code is PHP4 only: 
// ob_start(); 
// require("yourheader.html"); 
// $header = ob_get_contents(); 
// ob_end_clean(); 
$myad = implode('', file("http://www.domain.com/banner/ad/ad.php")); 

(change path)

And add $myad to any of your templates.