Include File Issue

[son]

When I put the following script fully into php include file I will only see an empty page when opening page in browser:

if (!isset($_SESSION['name'])) {// start defining the URL$url = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);// check for a trailing slashif ((substr($url, -1) == '/') OR (substr($url, -1) == '\\') ) {$url = substr ($url, 0, -1); // chop off the slash}// add the page$url .= '/index.php';ob_end_clean(); // delete the bufferheader("Location: $url");exit(); // quit the script} else {

Removing the top and bottom line and having the relevant line in the php file that includes the file as:

if (!isset($_SESSION['name'])) {include_once('inc/session.php');} else {

it works (I see the page with all elements in it). Why can I not putif (!isset($_SESSION['name'])) {and } else {also in include file? Do not understand...Son

[justsomeguy]

Include files need to be syntactically correct, you can't have an if/else statement that doesn't end. It's going to check the syntax of the file before it includes it.

[son]

Include files need to be syntactically correct, you can't have an if/else statement that doesn't end. It's going to check the syntax of the file before it includes it.

Now I understand. I can only have complete if/else statements in include files. If this is not possible for the complete script that is common to several files I only put the bit that is complete as such...Many thanks,Son

[chibineku]

When you include, doesn't it automatically escape from php mode and return after the include? I'd have thought you'd need the openong and closing php tags

[justsomeguy]

You do need the PHP tags.