PHP changing content in header

Question

I have a site where the pages have the following structure:

<?php
    include('header.php');
?>

Content goes here

<?php
    include('footer.php');
?>

In the header I have a div that contains anything that is wider than the page itself. This div is above the main content:

<? if ($slider == true){ ?>

    <div id="slider">
       Content wider than page goes here
    </div>

If I set $slider to true on any page, the above div will show. Now, I want to be able to edit the content of this div from any page. How do I do this? Simply adding a variable like $slider_content and then including it in the header did not work.

In your sample HTML, did you mean to include header.php twice? — andrewsi
– andrewsi, Commented Jun 28, 2012 at 16:23
How about creating a function that takes the content as an argument? — Gustav Larsson
– Gustav Larsson, Commented Jun 28, 2012 at 16:26

Donatas Olsevičius · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-28 16:39:46Z

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If that's what you mean...

<?php
    $slider_content = 'foo';

    include('header.php');
?>

Content goes here

<?php
    include('footer.php');
?>

And your slider:

<div id="slider">
   <?=$slider_content?>
</div>

edited Jun 28, 2012 at 16:39

answered Jun 28, 2012 at 16:30

Donatas Olsevičius

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Lazze Over a year ago

That worked. I tried the exact same approach myself, but it didn't work. Only difference was the = in <?=$slider_content?>. Can you explain why that works, and not using the = doesn't?

Donatas Olsevičius Over a year ago

<?=$variable?> outputs given $variable. It's the same as writing <?php echo $variable?>. Please accept my answer if it worked for you :)

ThomasK · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-28 16:37:12Z

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I suggest you add something like this in your included header.php:

<?php if (isset($_GET['edit-content'])): ?>
    make the content editable here
<?php else: ?>
<div id="slider">
   Content wider than page goes here
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

Then you simply add a edit button if the goal here was to edit the actual content of your slider from any given page.

edited Jun 28, 2012 at 16:37

answered Jun 28, 2012 at 16:31

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