[cstallins]

My .shtml files use several serverside includes. However, I can't get the includes to work in my PHP files, and I cannot find anything on the topic via searching this site. Can you offer the quick fix, or point me to info on how to get my server-side includes to work properly in PHP files? Do I want to use the include() or require() function?

Thank you for any advice you can offer.
Curtis

[mdhall]

Try this...

<?php include("filename.ext"); ?>

where you want the file to show up on your page.

[cstallins]

mdh, your <?php include("filename.ext"); ?> worked like a charm. I figured it might be the include() function, but I'm just scratching the surface of this great and enabling language and haven't yet learned to use it (plus, I notice that it's still about 25 pages ahead of me in the book I'm working my way through).

Thank you very much for taking the time to get me going. I certainly do appreciate it.
Curtis

[NeverMind]

it would be better if you used include_once() or require_once() .."This is a behavior similar to the include() statement, with the only difference being that if the code from a file has already been included, it will not be included again. As the name suggests, it will be included just once" -quoted from php manual

[ermau]

Nevermind is correct, to even add on top of that, for things not needing variables in them (and sometimes even if they do have variables) use single quotes:
include_once('filename.ext');