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mike21
01-17-2007, 04:09 AM
Hi everyone,
I'm new to php...and can't find anything on "php includes".

example below:
<meta name="keywords" content="<? echo "$keywords1";?>">

I assume that this include is called from a text file. The problem is I can't locate the file...can anyone give me some guidance on what "type" of file I should be looking for or where I might find it?
thetestingsite
01-17-2007, 04:19 AM
Hi everyone,
<meta name="keywords" content="<? echo "$keywords1";?>">


The above would just echo (print in the document) that variable ($keywords1) that was assigned ealier in the script. Not sure what you mean by "What file you should be looking for".
mike21
01-17-2007, 04:40 AM
Thanks for your post....
it sounds like your trying to tell me that the 'description' and 'keywords' would go somewhere in the first 4 lines below? If so, could you advise on exact location?

$description1 = ereg_replace( "\"", "", $description1);
$description1 = ereg_replace( "&quot;", "", $description1);
$keywords1 = ereg_replace( "\"", "", $keywords1);
$keywords1 = ereg_replace( "&quot;", "", $keywords1);

$today = date ("F-d-Y");
$today1 = date ("F d, Y");

$basecolor = "#ffffff";
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title><? echo "$sitenames"; ?></title>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<base href='<? echo "http://$siteurl_class/";?>'>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css">
<meta name="description" content="<? echo "$description1";?>">
<meta name="keywords" content="<? echo "$keywords1";?>">
BLiZZaRD
01-17-2007, 07:46 AM
Well, an include does just that; includes code from another place.

So say you have an input form on one page, lets call it input.php and that input box is where the visitor inputs their name: Michael.

Then you could use this information later on on another page.

to use an include you just simply put:



<?php include("http://site.com/input.php"); ?>


Where ever you want the contents displayed on that page.

Becareful though, as includes will include the ENTIRE page.

Perhaps you want Global Variables instead??
Twey
01-17-2007, 03:31 PM
it sounds like your trying to tell me that the 'description' and 'keywords' would go somewhere in the first 4 lines below?$description1 and $keywords1 are already defined before that code. Also, the "keywords" meta tag is redundant, as it provides little or no meta-data about the page that would be helpful to a user, and search engines have ignored it for quite a while now. A general rule of thumb is that if it's relevant enough to merit inclusion as a keyword, it should be in the visible text of your page anyway.
mike21
01-17-2007, 04:23 PM
...ok, so where 'in theory' would I insert a name and description for these includes:

<title><? echo "$sitenames"; ?></title>
<meta name="description" content="<? echo "$description1";?>">

...do they usually reside in a text file somewhere or should I be looking for Global Variables?
(there is nothing on the page itself to indicate)
thetestingsite
01-17-2007, 04:43 PM
If they were being assigned from a text file (or any file for that matter), look for something like:

include(), require(), fopen(), file(), or any other file system commands such as these. (For full list, see PHP.net (http://www.php.net/))

Inside the parenthesis (somewhere in there), it would show what file was being included, opened, etc.

Hope this helps.
mike21
01-17-2007, 05:35 PM
....this looks like it may lead somewhere.

global $sitenames, $sitename;
include('paramlinks.inc.php');

...but this file (paramlinks.inc.php) simply references mysql db.