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I'm currently working on my first independent project, I'm looking to keeping my code to the best standard possible, I've been looking in the PHP manual but I seem to be missing how to cleanly define a directory to include, for example my templates folder is 'templates/default' and I'd like to define that once.



TEMPDIR = templates/default

require_once (__DIR__ . '/TEMPDIR/header.php');


if anyone could guide me in the right direction that would be much appreciated, thanks






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    require_once(__DIR__ . "/" . TEMPDIR . "/header.php");

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I'm currently working on my first independent project, I'm looking to keeping my code to the best standard possible, I've been looking in the PHP manual but I seem to be missing how to cleanly define a directory to include, for example my templates folder is 'templates/default' and I'd like to define that once.



TEMPDIR = templates/default

require_once (__DIR__ . '/TEMPDIR/header.php');


if anyone could guide me in the right direction that would be much appreciated, thanks






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    require_once(__DIR__ . "/" . TEMPDIR . "/header.php");

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I'm currently working on my first independent project, I'm looking to keeping my code to the best standard possible, I've been looking in the PHP manual but I seem to be missing how to cleanly define a directory to include, for example my templates folder is 'templates/default' and I'd like to define that once.



TEMPDIR = templates/default

require_once (__DIR__ . '/TEMPDIR/header.php');


if anyone could guide me in the right direction that would be much appreciated, thanks






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I'm currently working on my first independent project, I'm looking to keeping my code to the best standard possible, I've been looking in the PHP manual but I seem to be missing how to cleanly define a directory to include, for example my templates folder is 'templates/default' and I'd like to define that once.



TEMPDIR = templates/default

require_once (__DIR__ . '/TEMPDIR/header.php');


if anyone could guide me in the right direction that would be much appreciated, thanks






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    require_once(__DIR__ . "/" . TEMPDIR . "/header.php");

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    require_once(__DIR__ . "/" . TEMPDIR . "/header.php");

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require_once(__DIR__ . "/" . TEMPDIR . "/header.php");

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Welcome to Stack.



I guess that you want to define a constant TEMPDIR and then use it in the require_once().



To define a variable please use define() (please see manual https://secure.php.net/manual/en/language.constants.php):



<?php define('TEMPDIR', 'templates/default');


To use constant in the require_once() you have to do a string concatenation (please see manual http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.useful-funcs):



<?php require_once (__DIR__ . '/' . TEMPDIR . '/header.php');


You should also consider using DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR constant to make sure that you use separators which will work on any OS (please see manual http://php.net/manual/en/dir.constants.php):



<?php require_once (__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . TEMPDIR . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR 'header.php');


Cheers!






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  • Fantastic, that's just what I was looking for, thank you very much, I really appreciate your help.

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:14



















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The require line is treating TEMPDIR as part of a string literal:



TEMPDIR = templates/default

require_once (__DIR__ . '/TEMPDIR/header.php');


Try:



 TEMPDIR = templates/default

 require_once (__DIR__ . '/' . TEMPDIR . '/header.php');





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  • thanks, I've tried your code but it gives me a blank page, I have error reporting on but no errors are displayed.

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:08











  • Hmmm, what's header.php actually doing? There's a few things that could be the cause...is the path being fed to require actualy valid?

    – Nunchy
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:09











  • it has the contents of a html header document inside

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:10











  • I see, but how are those contents being output? Can you post the file?

    – Nunchy
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:11






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    it's been solved by Damian Dziaduch above, thanks.

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:14











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Welcome to Stack.



I guess that you want to define a constant TEMPDIR and then use it in the require_once().



To define a variable please use define() (please see manual https://secure.php.net/manual/en/language.constants.php):



<?php define('TEMPDIR', 'templates/default');


To use constant in the require_once() you have to do a string concatenation (please see manual http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.useful-funcs):



<?php require_once (__DIR__ . '/' . TEMPDIR . '/header.php');


You should also consider using DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR constant to make sure that you use separators which will work on any OS (please see manual http://php.net/manual/en/dir.constants.php):



<?php require_once (__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . TEMPDIR . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR 'header.php');


Cheers!






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  • Fantastic, that's just what I was looking for, thank you very much, I really appreciate your help.

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    Nov 15 '18 at 18:14
















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Welcome to Stack.



I guess that you want to define a constant TEMPDIR and then use it in the require_once().



To define a variable please use define() (please see manual https://secure.php.net/manual/en/language.constants.php):



<?php define('TEMPDIR', 'templates/default');


To use constant in the require_once() you have to do a string concatenation (please see manual http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.useful-funcs):



<?php require_once (__DIR__ . '/' . TEMPDIR . '/header.php');


You should also consider using DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR constant to make sure that you use separators which will work on any OS (please see manual http://php.net/manual/en/dir.constants.php):



<?php require_once (__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . TEMPDIR . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR 'header.php');


Cheers!






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  • Fantastic, that's just what I was looking for, thank you very much, I really appreciate your help.

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:14














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Welcome to Stack.



I guess that you want to define a constant TEMPDIR and then use it in the require_once().



To define a variable please use define() (please see manual https://secure.php.net/manual/en/language.constants.php):



<?php define('TEMPDIR', 'templates/default');


To use constant in the require_once() you have to do a string concatenation (please see manual http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.useful-funcs):



<?php require_once (__DIR__ . '/' . TEMPDIR . '/header.php');


You should also consider using DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR constant to make sure that you use separators which will work on any OS (please see manual http://php.net/manual/en/dir.constants.php):



<?php require_once (__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . TEMPDIR . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR 'header.php');


Cheers!






share|improve this answer















Welcome to Stack.



I guess that you want to define a constant TEMPDIR and then use it in the require_once().



To define a variable please use define() (please see manual https://secure.php.net/manual/en/language.constants.php):



<?php define('TEMPDIR', 'templates/default');


To use constant in the require_once() you have to do a string concatenation (please see manual http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.useful-funcs):



<?php require_once (__DIR__ . '/' . TEMPDIR . '/header.php');


You should also consider using DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR constant to make sure that you use separators which will work on any OS (please see manual http://php.net/manual/en/dir.constants.php):



<?php require_once (__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . TEMPDIR . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR 'header.php');


Cheers!







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  • Fantastic, that's just what I was looking for, thank you very much, I really appreciate your help.

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:14



















  • Fantastic, that's just what I was looking for, thank you very much, I really appreciate your help.

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:14

















Fantastic, that's just what I was looking for, thank you very much, I really appreciate your help.

– coding_with_tea
Nov 15 '18 at 18:14





Fantastic, that's just what I was looking for, thank you very much, I really appreciate your help.

– coding_with_tea
Nov 15 '18 at 18:14













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The require line is treating TEMPDIR as part of a string literal:



TEMPDIR = templates/default

require_once (__DIR__ . '/TEMPDIR/header.php');


Try:



 TEMPDIR = templates/default

 require_once (__DIR__ . '/' . TEMPDIR . '/header.php');





share|improve this answer
























  • thanks, I've tried your code but it gives me a blank page, I have error reporting on but no errors are displayed.

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:08











  • Hmmm, what's header.php actually doing? There's a few things that could be the cause...is the path being fed to require actualy valid?

    – Nunchy
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:09











  • it has the contents of a html header document inside

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:10











  • I see, but how are those contents being output? Can you post the file?

    – Nunchy
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:11






  • 1





    it's been solved by Damian Dziaduch above, thanks.

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:14
















0














The require line is treating TEMPDIR as part of a string literal:



TEMPDIR = templates/default

require_once (__DIR__ . '/TEMPDIR/header.php');


Try:



 TEMPDIR = templates/default

 require_once (__DIR__ . '/' . TEMPDIR . '/header.php');





share|improve this answer
























  • thanks, I've tried your code but it gives me a blank page, I have error reporting on but no errors are displayed.

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:08











  • Hmmm, what's header.php actually doing? There's a few things that could be the cause...is the path being fed to require actualy valid?

    – Nunchy
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:09











  • it has the contents of a html header document inside

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:10











  • I see, but how are those contents being output? Can you post the file?

    – Nunchy
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:11






  • 1





    it's been solved by Damian Dziaduch above, thanks.

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:14














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The require line is treating TEMPDIR as part of a string literal:



TEMPDIR = templates/default

require_once (__DIR__ . '/TEMPDIR/header.php');


Try:



 TEMPDIR = templates/default

 require_once (__DIR__ . '/' . TEMPDIR . '/header.php');





share|improve this answer













The require line is treating TEMPDIR as part of a string literal:



TEMPDIR = templates/default

require_once (__DIR__ . '/TEMPDIR/header.php');


Try:



 TEMPDIR = templates/default

 require_once (__DIR__ . '/' . TEMPDIR . '/header.php');






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  • thanks, I've tried your code but it gives me a blank page, I have error reporting on but no errors are displayed.

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:08











  • Hmmm, what's header.php actually doing? There's a few things that could be the cause...is the path being fed to require actualy valid?

    – Nunchy
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:09











  • it has the contents of a html header document inside

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:10











  • I see, but how are those contents being output? Can you post the file?

    – Nunchy
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:11






  • 1





    it's been solved by Damian Dziaduch above, thanks.

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:14



















  • thanks, I've tried your code but it gives me a blank page, I have error reporting on but no errors are displayed.

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:08











  • Hmmm, what's header.php actually doing? There's a few things that could be the cause...is the path being fed to require actualy valid?

    – Nunchy
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:09











  • it has the contents of a html header document inside

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:10











  • I see, but how are those contents being output? Can you post the file?

    – Nunchy
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:11






  • 1





    it's been solved by Damian Dziaduch above, thanks.

    – coding_with_tea
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:14

















thanks, I've tried your code but it gives me a blank page, I have error reporting on but no errors are displayed.

– coding_with_tea
Nov 15 '18 at 18:08





thanks, I've tried your code but it gives me a blank page, I have error reporting on but no errors are displayed.

– coding_with_tea
Nov 15 '18 at 18:08













Hmmm, what's header.php actually doing? There's a few things that could be the cause...is the path being fed to require actualy valid?

– Nunchy
Nov 15 '18 at 18:09





Hmmm, what's header.php actually doing? There's a few things that could be the cause...is the path being fed to require actualy valid?

– Nunchy
Nov 15 '18 at 18:09













it has the contents of a html header document inside

– coding_with_tea
Nov 15 '18 at 18:10





it has the contents of a html header document inside

– coding_with_tea
Nov 15 '18 at 18:10













I see, but how are those contents being output? Can you post the file?

– Nunchy
Nov 15 '18 at 18:11





I see, but how are those contents being output? Can you post the file?

– Nunchy
Nov 15 '18 at 18:11




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it's been solved by Damian Dziaduch above, thanks.

– coding_with_tea
Nov 15 '18 at 18:14





it's been solved by Damian Dziaduch above, thanks.

– coding_with_tea
Nov 15 '18 at 18:14


















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