How do I dynamically set the meta tags in an included header from each html page?

Ben Adams

How do I dynamically set the meta tags in an included header from each html page?

Oct 6 '10, 09:17 AM

I have a header.php file containing the following code...

Code:

...
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title><?php echo $tpTitle ?></title>
<meta name="description" content="<?php echo $pgDesc ?>"></meta>
<meta name="keywords" content="<?php echo $pgKeywords ?>"></meta>
...

In my other .php pages I want to be able to set the variables in the included header file.

I have:

Code:

<?php include("../incl/header.php"); ?>
<?php
$tpTitle="Page title";
$pgHeading="";
$pgDesc="page description";
$pgKeywords="page keywords";
?>

<body id="courses">
<?php include("../incl/nav.php"); ?>
...

I know this doesn't set the variables in the required page. Can someone let me know what the format for doing so is?

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Markus

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Oct 6 '10, 11:41 AM

It doesn't work like that. You'll have to define the variables before the include.
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How do I dynamically set the meta tags in an included header from each html page?

How do I dynamically set the meta tags in an included header from each html page?

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