Source Displayed With include_once()

**Benjamin Esham** · Aug 6 '06, 06:15 AM

Re: Source Displayed With include_once()

Steve wrote:

The top of my page looks like this:
>
<?php
include_once("f unctions.php");
do_html_header( "Terms");
?>
>
However, when I view the page source, the actual PHP code is displayed,
not just the HTML that it is supposed to display. It would seem that PHP
is installed correctly since phpinfo() works fine. Is there something
else I'm missing?

It would seem that the file functions.php is not being interpreted as PHP
code. Check your server settings to make sure that the file is placed in a
suitable directory for inclusion.

Also, you might make sure that your include file begins with <?php and ends
with ?>. Otherwise, PHP has no way of knowing that your code is anything
other than plain text.

HTH,
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**Richard Levasseur** · Aug 6 '06, 07:45 AM

Re: Source Displayed With include_once()

Steve wrote:

I have just installed Apache 2.2 and PHP 5.1.4 on my Win XP Pro machine.
If I run phpinfo(), it displays everything correctly. However, on a
page where I have included a file that contains some functions, it
merely shows the contents of the included file instead of running the
function. For instance, I have a function called do_html_header( ) that
does just what the name suggests, and I've used it for quite a while.
>
The top of my page looks like this:
>
<?php
include_once("f unctions.php");
>
do_html_header( "Terms");
?>
>
However, when I view the page source, the actual PHP code is displayed,
not just the HTML that it is supposed to display. It would seem that
PHP is installed correctly since phpinfo() works fine. Is there
something else I'm missing?
>
Thanks.
>
Steve

The only reason this would occur, that I can think of, is you don't
have the opening tags in the functions.php file, "<?" or "<?php".

**jussist@gmail.com** · Aug 6 '06, 09:35 AM

Re: Source Displayed With include_once()

Similar thing happened to me on a new server. It was just a question of
replacing '<?' with '<?php' . Bet a few bucks your case is the same.

-----------------------
Jussi

http://www.viewinteractive.fi

**Steve** · Aug 6 '06, 04:25 PM

Re: Source Displayed With include_once()

Benjamin Esham wrote:

>
It would seem that the file functions.php is not being interpreted as PHP
code. Check your server settings to make sure that the file is placed in a
suitable directory for inclusion.

The included file is in the same directory as the page that is including
it, and that's the way it worked in the past. Can included files only
be in the directory specified in php.ini?

>
Also, you might make sure that your include file begins with <?php and ends
with ?>. Otherwise, PHP has no way of knowing that your code is anything
other than plain text.

That was one of the first things I checked.

Here are the first few lines from the functions.php:

<?
function do_html_header( $title)
{
// print an HTML header
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Shaw's Fiberglass - <?php echo $title ?></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;">
<meta name="keywords" content="fiberg lass,fenders,fr ont fenders,rear
fenders,running boards,classic trucks,Chevy,Ch evrolet,General
Motors,GMC,Jimm y,Shaws,Shawsfi berglass,truck, trucks,replacem ent,custom,1941 ,
1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953,
1954,antique,st reet rod,restored,tr uck parts,hood,hood s">
<LINK REL=stylesheet HREF="shaw.css" TYPE="text/css">

Here is the php code in the calling page:

<?php
include_once("f unctions.php");

do_html_header( "Contact Us");
?>

And here is what is displayed in view source:

<?
function do_html_header( $title)
{
// print an HTML header
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Shaw's Fiberglass - </title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;">
<meta name="keywords" content="fiberg lass,fenders,fr ont fenders,rear
fenders,running boards,classic trucks,Chevy,Ch evrolet,General
Motors,GMC,Jimm y,Shaws,Shawsfi berglass,truck, trucks,replacem ent,custom,1941 ,
1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953,
1954,antique,st reet rod,restored,tr uck parts,hood,hood s">
<LINK REL=stylesheet HREF="shaw.css" TYPE="text/css">

Steve

**Benjamin Esham** · Aug 6 '06, 04:55 PM

Re: Source Displayed With include_once()

Steve wrote:

Benjamin Esham wrote:
>

It would seem that the file functions.php is not being interpreted as
PHP code. Check your server settings to make sure that the file is
placed in a suitable directory for inclusion.

>
The included file is in the same directory as the page that is including
it, and that's the way it worked in the past. Can included files only be
in the directory specified in php.ini?

AFAIK files can be included from any readable directory. Including a file
from the same directory shouldn't cause any problems.

Also, you might make sure that your include file begins with <?php and
ends with ?>. Otherwise, PHP has no way of knowing that your code is
anything other than plain text.

>
That was one of the first things I checked.
>
Here are the first few lines from the functions.php:
>
<?

As another poster suggested, try using "<?php" instead of just "<?".

HTH,
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**Steve** · Aug 6 '06, 05:05 PM

Re: Source Displayed With include_once()

Benjamin Esham wrote:

As another poster suggested, try using "<?php" instead of just "<?".
>

Something must definitely be wrong in my PHP setup. As soon as I change
"<?" to "<?php" at the beginning of functions.php, nothing is
displayed at all - even the view source is completely blank.

Why would phpinfo() work, but it doesn't read this file correctly?

Thanks.

Steve

**Benjamin Esham** · Aug 6 '06, 05:45 PM

Re: Source Displayed With include_once()

Steve wrote:

Benjamin Esham wrote:
>

As another poster suggested, try using "<?php" instead of just "<?".

>
Something must definitely be wrong in my PHP setup. As soon as I change
"<?" to "<?php" at the beginning of functions.php, nothing is displayed at
all - even the view source is completely blank.
>
Why would phpinfo() work, but it doesn't read this file correctly?

I don't know. At the beginning of the include file, after the <?php but
before any of the function definitions, insert

echo '<h1>functions. php</h1>';
phpinfo();

When you run your script again you should see "functions. php" and the output
from phpinfo(). If this doesn't appear, then your file is not being
included. If it does appear, your problem lies somewhere in one of your
functions or function calls.

HTH,
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**Shelly** · Aug 6 '06, 06:55 PM

Re: Source Displayed With include_once()

"Steve" <racquetballer@ hotmail.comwrot e in message
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>
>
Benjamin Esham wrote:

>>
>It would seem that the file functions.php is not being interpreted as PHP
>code. Check your server settings to make sure that the file is placed in
>a
>suitable directory for inclusion.

>
The included file is in the same directory as the page that is including
it, and that's the way it worked in the past. Can included files only be
in the directory specified in php.ini?
>

>>
>Also, you might make sure that your include file begins with <?php and
>ends
>with ?>. Otherwise, PHP has no way of knowing that your code is anything
>other than plain text.

>
That was one of the first things I checked.
>
Here are the first few lines from the functions.php:
>
<?
function do_html_header( $title)
{
// print an HTML header
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Shaw's Fiberglass - <?php echo $title ?></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;">
<meta name="keywords" content="fiberg lass,fenders,fr ont fenders,rear
fenders,running boards,classic trucks,Chevy,Ch evrolet,General
Motors,GMC,Jimm y,Shaws,Shawsfi berglass,truck, trucks,replacem ent,custom,1941 ,
1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953,
1954,antique,st reet rod,restored,tr uck parts,hood,hood s">
<LINK REL=stylesheet HREF="shaw.css" TYPE="text/css">
>
>
>
Here is the php code in the calling page:
>
<?php
include_once("f unctions.php");
>
do_html_header( "Contact Us");
?>
>
>
>
And here is what is displayed in view source:
>
<?
function do_html_header( $title)
{
// print an HTML header
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Shaw's Fiberglass - </title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;">
<meta name="keywords" content="fiberg lass,fenders,fr ont fenders,rear
fenders,running boards,classic trucks,Chevy,Ch evrolet,General
Motors,GMC,Jimm y,Shaws,Shawsfi berglass,truck, trucks,replacem ent,custom,1941 ,
1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953,
1954,antique,st reet rod,restored,tr uck parts,hood,hood s">
<LINK REL=stylesheet HREF="shaw.css" TYPE="text/css">
>
Steve

Change the <? in the function page to <?php and see what happens.

Shelly

**Steve** · Aug 6 '06, 08:35 PM

Re: Source Displayed With include_once()

Shelly wrote:

>Steve

>
Change the <? in the function page to <?php and see what happens.
>
Shelly
>
>

That's where the problem comes in. When I do, nothing is displayed -
the page is blank. Even the view source is blank. When it is just
"<?", it just displays the contents of the functions.php file, with no
processing.

Steve

**Jerry Stuckle** · Aug 6 '06, 09:15 PM

Re: Source Displayed With include_once()

Steve wrote:

>
>
Benjamin Esham wrote:
>

>As another poster suggested, try using "<?php" instead of just "<?".
>>

>
Something must definitely be wrong in my PHP setup. As soon as I change
"<?" to "<?php" at the beginning of functions.php, nothing is displayed
at all - even the view source is completely blank.
>
Why would phpinfo() work, but it doesn't read this file correctly?
>
Thanks.
>
Steve

Sounds like you might have a syntax error in your functions.php file.
First of all, enable all errors in your php.ini file:

error_reporting = E_ALL

Then either check your Apache error log file (if you're using the
default logging), or set

display_errors = On

in your php.ini file (not recommended for production systems) to see
what error you're getting.

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**Miguel Cruz** · Aug 6 '06, 09:45 PM

Re: Source Displayed With include_once()

Steve <racquetballer@ hotmail.comwrot e:

Something must definitely be wrong in my PHP setup. As soon as I change
"<?" to "<?php" at the beginning of functions.php, nothing is
displayed at all - even the view source is completely blank.

You have solved one problem - changing <? to <?php was definitely
required, as evidenced by the fact that the value of $title was
correctly being output by do_html_header( ) in your earlier test, where
the file started with <? but later contained <?php echo $title ?>.

So now you have a different bug in your code which is preventing
anything from being displayed. However you haven't posted enough code
for us to figure out what that is.

miguel
--
Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu
Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco
Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu

**Steve** · Aug 6 '06, 10:15 PM

Re: Source Displayed With include_once()

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

Sounds like you might have a syntax error in your functions.php file.
First of all, enable all errors in your php.ini file:
>
error_reporting = E_ALL
>
Then either check your Apache error log file (if you're using the
default logging), or set
>
display_errors = On
>
in your php.ini file (not recommended for production systems) to see
what error you're getting.

That did the trick. The problem was that whenever I started a PHP block
with "<?", it didn't work, but when I used "<?php", it works fine (I had
to do that in every place in functions.php).

I did a little more research, and discovered that the reason this was so
was that I had short_open_tags =Off in php.ini. I changed it to on, and
tested, and it worked the way I had it (with short tags).

Thanks for everybody's help. You learn something new every day.

Steve

**Jerry Stuckle** · Aug 7 '06, 01:45 AM

Re: Source Displayed With include_once()

Steve wrote:

>
>
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>

>Sounds like you might have a syntax error in your functions.php file.
>First of all, enable all errors in your php.ini file:
>>
> error_reporting = E_ALL
>>
>Then either check your Apache error log file (if you're using the
>default logging), or set
>>
> display_errors = On
>>
>in your php.ini file (not recommended for production systems) to see
>what error you're getting.

>
>
That did the trick. The problem was that whenever I started a PHP block
with "<?", it didn't work, but when I used "<?php", it works fine (I had
to do that in every place in functions.php).
>
I did a little more research, and discovered that the reason this was so
was that I had short_open_tags =Off in php.ini. I changed it to on, and
tested, and it worked the way I had it (with short tags).
>
Thanks for everybody's help. You learn something new every day.
>
Steve

Steve,

It's better to run with short_open_tags off. Having it on will conflict
with other things.

One example is XML tags, which start with <?. With short_open_tags on,
the system will attempt to parse the XML as PHP, with understandably all
kinds of errors. It's one reason why the PHP developers recommend
turning off short tags - and why no one in this thread recommended
turning it on.

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**Steve** · Aug 7 '06, 03:15 AM

Re: Source Displayed With include_once()

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

Steve,
>
It's better to run with short_open_tags off. Having it on will conflict
with other things.
>
One example is XML tags, which start with <?. With short_open_tags on,
the system will attempt to parse the XML as PHP, with understandably all
kinds of errors. It's one reason why the PHP developers recommend
turning off short tags - and why no one in this thread recommended
turning it on.
>
>

That's fine. I will turn it back off. I just turned it on to verify that my theory was correct.

Steve

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