PHP help

[hlmaster]

I have the following things
index.php

<php include 'header.php'; 
?>
<php include 'footer.php'; 
?>
<php echo 'header.php'; 
?>

header.php

| <a href="/index.php">Home</a> | <a href="/interesting.php">Interesting Facts</a> |

its not displaying on my page, whats wrong?

[leafypiggy]

you can't echo a file.

it should work. can you link me to your site?

[Salvatos]

You're not opening your tags correctly. It should be:

<?php include 'header.php'; 
?>
<?php include 'footer.php'; 
?>
<?php echo 'header.php'; 
?>

Or, much better (IMO anyway):

<?php
include 'header.php';
?>
// (Index content here)
<?php
include 'footer.php';
?>

Also, I usually see included files like this: include ('file_path'); with the parentheses, but I don't know if they're mandatory; I guess not.

[dickey]

when you include a file it is the same as when you made into one file.

[mattura]

if you use require instead of include, any error during the 'include' will be passed over and the page will continue to load. Using include causes the whole thing to stop and break down.

After you included the 'header', you do not need to 'echo' it! This has already happened during the include.

[Salvatos]

Shouldn't require() always be preferred to include() then? And why is it not the case?

[hlmaster]

Well im not too smart with php and my site is http://halflife.exofire.net I thought I had to echo the file because it wasnt lodaing but I wasnt opening it up right, thank you!

[leafypiggy]

...

NO. require stops loading if there is an error. include passes over...

[natsuki]

leafypiggy is right..

[hlmaster]

anyways.... I got it fixed, its all loading properly