How do you do this in PHP?

wuzhannanan · 04-30-2012, 01:24 AM

I'm familiar with classic ASP. In ASP, I can announce a variable like this:

Code:

<% dim pageTitle %>

And save this in a separate .asp file. Then, on another page, I can include that .asp file and write ASP code like this:

Code:

<% pageTitle = "Furniture" %>

Which assigns pageTitle a value. With that assigned, I can write an if statement like this (on another, separate page):

Code:

<% if pageTitle = "Furniture" then %>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/skins/hp.load.js"></script>
<% end if %>

Now I've been looking online for how to do this same exact process in PHP, but I'm not having luck. It's important that all of this function in separate files. So the dim happens in one include, the value is assigned in another include file, and the if statement happens in a third file.

Can anyone help?

Sailab · 04-30-2012, 01:58 AM

Your question isn't clear enough. What exactly you like to do? If you mean how to get a variable which you already stored somewhere then use globle keyword to share your variable across whole application. In the same page you can also use defined keyword to define a variable.

tangoforce · 04-30-2012, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wuzhannanan

I'm familiar with classic ASP. In ASP, I can announce a variable like this:

Code:

<% dim pageTitle %>

In php you don't need to declare variables.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wuzhannanan

And save this in a separate .asp file. Then, on another page, I can include that .asp file and write ASP code like this:

Code:

<% pageTitle = "Furniture" %>

PHP Code:


			
<?php

$pageTitle = 'Furniture';

?>

Quote:

Originally Posted by wuzhannanan

Which assigns pageTitle a value. With that assigned, I can write an if statement like this (on another, separate page):

Code:

<% if pageTitle = "Furniture" then %>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/skins/hp.load.js"></script>
<% end if %>

PHP Code:


			
<?php

if ($pageTitle == 'Furniture')

   {

?>

   <!--Your thing here-->

<?php

   }

?>

   }

Since you don't need to declare variables in php until you use them, I've no idea how this affects any included files in your project.

wuzhannanan · 04-30-2012, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailab

Your question isn't clear enough. What exactly you like to do? If you mean how to get a variable which you already stored somewhere then use globle keyword to share your variable across whole application. In the same page you can also use defined keyword to define a variable.

Ask me more if you like

Ok, maybe to be clear, here's what I want to do:

On my Furniture pages, I have a bunch of CSS and JS that I don't want loaded on other pages. Only these Furniture pages. I thought this would be the best way to do this, because the <head> section of my code is in one include file that's used by all pages on my site.