On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Terry Burns-Dyson <hammerstein_02@xxxxxxx> wrote: [snip!] > $pageTitle is in the template, it's replaced, $pageContent is in the > template, it's replaced. But any variables within the page_to_display are > simply output into the page rather than processed by PHP. I realise that > file_get_contents is basically returning a string and I"m just doing string > replacement when I include the template.html, so my only question is, what's > the actual way of doing this? The simples way would be like so: <?php // content/page1.php # # Define the variables for the content of the page. # $page_title = "Welcome To My Website!"; $paragraph_a =<<<EOT Welcome to my website! This is a HEREDOC that we'll be using in the template to display some text, formatted with HTML line breaks and all. It's that simple! EOT; $paragraph_a = nl2br($paragraph_a); $main_image = "images/main.png"; $main_image_link = "http://www.other-website.tld"; ?> <? // templates/page1.php # # The formatting for the page. # /* All of your headers and starting HTML should be included by your switching script. This file will also require that short_open_tags is on. If you can't/don't want it on, just modify the tags herein. */ ?> <div> <?=$paragraph_a;?> </div> <div><a href="<?=$main_image_link;?>"><img src="<?=$main_image;?>" border="0"></a></div> <? // End of templates/page1.php ?> <?php // templates/header.php # # A very basic sample header. # ?> <html> <head> <title><?=$page_title;?></title> </head> <body> <?php // End of templates/header.php ?> <?php // templates/footer.php # # A very basic sample footer. # ?> </body> </html> <?php // End of templates/footer.php ?> <? // index.php # # A simple index switch page. # if(isset($_GET['s']) && strlen($_GET['s']) > 1) { switch($_GET['s']) { case "page1": $section = $_GET['s']; break; case "contact": $section = $_GET['s']; break; case "about": // We'll pretend the page name was changed here. $section = "about_us"; break; default: $section = "home"; break; } } else { $section = "home"; } include('content/'.$section.'.php'); include('templates/header.php'); include('templates/'.$section.'.php'); include('templates/footer.php'); /* This means that the content file with the variables is parsed first, and defines the variables within the scope of this execution. It's included before the header.php file so that the $page_title variable is defined. */ ?> Everything herein was typed directly into this email and is untested, so it's by no means guaranteed to work, has not been properly sanitized or tested, and is for informational purposes only, to get you started in the right direction. -- </Daniel P. Brown> Forensic Services, Senior Unix Engineer 1+ (570-) 362-0283 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php