Putting in php tags does not necessarily mean that it will be parsed as
php.
If you are using Apache web server, the file type ( php htm etc) needs
to be identified as a php file. This is done in the httpd.conf
configuration file. Just putting php tags in a htm file usually does not
work by default.
Getting back to the original question, the include file does have to
have an .inc extension. I am pretty sure that this is a convention but
is not mandatory. end your include file with a php extension
cheers Dave
Ben Bleything wrote:
> put <?php ?> tags around the file you include, and it
> will parse it as PHP =>
>
> I'm doing this now. I have a bunch of files in a subdir
> of the published directory, that contain functions and
> definitions to do these things, and I include them at
> the beginning of each file. But, you do need <?php ?>
> tags around the includes.
>
> =>
> Ben
>
> Quoting Thomas David Kehoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > How do I put my password into an external
> > file?
> >
> > I have dozens of webpages with the line
> >
> > mysql_connect (localhost, username,
> > password);
> >
> > What if I have to change my password? Rather
> > then change dozens of scripts,
> > I want to put this line into an external file
> > and call it with "include".
> >
> > The problem is security. If I make the file a
> > class, then the file
> > extension must be .inc. Anyone can type in the
> > URL and see the contents of
> > the file.
> >
> > I've tried these solutions, without success:
> >
> > Changing the permission to "everyone-execute"
> > and "owner-read" doesn't work,
> > apparently because a .inc file is read, not
> > executed.
> >
> > Using the .php file extension (instead of .inc)
> > executes the script when the
> > URL is accessed. The user sees nothing, if the
> > file contains no HTML. But
> > class only works with the .inc extension. Using
> > "include" without making a
> > class treats the file as HTML and it doesn't
> > execute.
> > --
> > Thomas David Kehoe, author of
> > "THE EVOLUTION OF INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS"
> > How Our Brains Are Hardwired For Relationships
> > http://www.FriendshipCenter.com/TEIR/
> >
> >
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