Ways to include a page in PHP and replace all the variables in it?

Question

For example, I have a page called 'include.php' or 'include.html', which contains the following lines of code:

<h1>Hi {$yourname}, this is a header.</h1>

Now, I want to include this page using PHP on another page, let's say on 'index.php' using:

<?
 $yourname = 'Bir';
 include 'include.php';
 ?>

When I include it, the page shows:

<h1>Hi {$yourname}, this is a header.</h1>

The variable $yourname is not replaced by it's value "Bir".

How do I solve this problem?

There exists some template engines which might fit your syntax. — Markus Malkusch, Mar 05 '14 at 06:23
Sorry, my times in PHP are long gone you have to do the research on your own. I remember [Smarty](http://www.smarty.net/) might be one candidate. — Markus Malkusch, Mar 05 '14 at 06:26
@user3382146 Smarty was already mentioned below. It's a pretty common one. — Mike, Mar 05 '14 at 06:26

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 06:20

4

Need to write in include.php as

<h1>Hi <?php echo $yourname ;?>, this is a header.</h1>

answered Mar 05 '14 at 06:20

Vikas Umrao

Is there any way I can avoid and ?>... ? – user3382146 Mar 05 '14 at 06:20
@user3382146 sure, you can echo the whole line in one go: `Hi {$yourname}, this is a header.";` – Mike Mar 05 '14 at 06:23
You can read the contents of the file include.php the replace the {$yourname} with your $yourname variable using fread function.In that case you do not need to include the file. – Vikas Umrao Mar 05 '14 at 06:23
he still got the php tags then. You can use a template engine like smarty. – Realitätsverlust Mar 05 '14 at 06:24

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 05 '14 at 06:27

1

Another simple way..

test1.php

<?php
$var="<h1>Hi $yourname, this is a header.</h1>"; //Removed {}

test2.php

<?php
$yourname="Jacob";
include_once('test1.php');
echo $var; //"prints" <h1>Hi Jacob, this is a header.</h1>

edited Mar 05 '14 at 06:27

Mario Segura

answered Mar 05 '14 at 06:25

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 06:25

1

Check out http://us3.php.net/str_replace, and replace wherever you see {$yourname} with what ever the value really is.

answered Mar 05 '14 at 06:25

Mario Segura

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 06:25

1

if you want to avoid <?php ?> then you have to use code like this

 <?php echo "<h1>Hi ".$yourname." this is a header.</h1>";

answered Mar 05 '14 at 06:25

Prafulla

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 05 '14 at 06:21

0

use this

<h1>Hi <?= $yourname ?>, this is a header.</h1>

answered Mar 05 '14 at 06:21

Firman Hidayat

2

I don't see any reason this should be downvoted. +1 from me because downvoter didn't write any comment. – Mike Mar 05 '14 at 06:24
@Mike, That's true. Maybe the downvoter hates short tags in PHP. – Shankar Narayana Damodaran Mar 05 '14 at 06:33
@ShankarDamodaran well they *are* discouraged even in the docs. Personally I don't use them or even recommend them, but meh. They are still part of the PHP code and until they are deprecated or removed, I don't see it as *that* big of a deal. But again, I don't agree with downvoting without leaving a comment. – Mike Mar 05 '14 at 07:41

5 Answers5