* and then Dagfinn Reiersøl declared.... > >Yes your right, that?s exactly the problem. I didn?t even realize he was > >doing that. > > > >By including the PHP file via HTTP, you are including the OUTPUT of the PHP > >file, not the actual PHP file itself. > > > >e.g. > > > >by including a file with the following code: > > > ><?PHP > > > > print 'Hello'; > > > >?> > > > >you would be including the word "Hello" as PHP code, which is obviously > >going to cause a syntax error. > > > > > Yes. I read the manual which provides no clear explanation (I suspect > that whoever wrote it didn't actually know how it works). So I decided > to test it. It does exactly what you say it does. I made an include file > like this: > > <?php > echo '<?php echo "Hello World!"; ?>'; > ?> > > If you inlude that using HTTP, it outputs "Hello world!" > > Seems like a strange thing to do, outputting PHP code on a Web page, but > it's not without conceivable usefulness.
That does appear to be the trouble doesnt it? - thanks guys, i'm now talking to the support people for this CMS and trying to work out how to do it differently/correctly! Thanks for all the help! -- Nick W -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
