combine / include various PHP files into one single PHP file

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Hello Friends I am a newbie programmer and very very new to PHP. I am seeking help in writing a small php Function. The situation is like this:

I am running Joomla and I have a template which is in BLOCKS for example:

header.php
topmodules.php
mainbody.php
bottommodules.php
footer.php

All my blocks are placed in a directory (/layouts/blocks). All these blocks need to be joined in the main Index.php file.

The function I know is something like this:

<?php
function get_header(){
  require_once(TEMPLATEPATH.'/layouts/blocks/header.php');
}
?>

And then call it like:

<?php get_header(); ?>

But that is not very professional and also I will have to write a function for every file moreover this can also be accomplished by just using

<?php require(YOURBASEPATH . DS .'layouts'. DS .'blocks'. DS . "header.php"); ?>

But what I am looking for is to have a single function /class which can get that PHP file from that directory, just by passing the name of the file so that I can add some more blocks to that directory in future without re-writing the function and simply call them like:

<?php $this->getBlock('header') ?>
<?php $this->getBlock('topmodules') ?>
<?php $this->getBlock('mainbody') ?>
<?php $this->getBlock('bottommodules') ?>
<?php $this->getBlock('footer') ?>

Kindly help.

Pekka · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-24 12:16:50Z

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You just need to add a parameter to the function you have:

function getBlock($filename){
  require_once(YOURBASEPATH . DS . 'layouts' .DS . 'blocks'. DS . $filename .'.php');
}

answered Dec 24, 2010 at 12:16

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Vikram Rao Over a year ago

That did not work it gives a message:Fatal error: Call to undefined method JDocumentHTML::getBlock() in E:\xampp\htdocs\cms\templates\joomla_j15\index.php on line 11

Pekka Over a year ago

@Vikram well, you will need to embed the function in the JDocumentHTML class if you want to use $this->

Vikram Rao Over a year ago

This is how I called that in my index.php <?php $this->getBlock('header') ?> and also tried <?php getBlock('header') ?> but both did not work.

Pekka Over a year ago

@Vikram the latter should work, you need to define and call it just as you did for get_header()

Vikram Rao Over a year ago

Hmmm that is a bit latin and german to me. As I mentioned in my question I am very very new to programming and PHP both. Hence may I request you to elaborate a bit on the process?

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pythonFoo · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-24 12:18:46Z

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function get_header_improved($s){
  require_once(TEMPLATEPATH.'/layouts/blocks/' . $s . '.php');
}

<?php get_header_improved('header') ?>
<?php get_header_improved('topmodules') ?>
<?php get_header_improved('mainbody') ?>
<?php get_header_improved('bottommodules') ?>
<?php get_header_improved('footer') ?>

I not tried, but this should work.

answered Dec 24, 2010 at 12:18

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Vikram Rao Over a year ago

Iused function get_header_improved($s){ require_once(TEMPLATEPATH.'/layouts/blocks/' . $s . '.php'); } in my functions.php and this is how I called it in the index.php file <?php get_header_improved('header') ?> but no luck.

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