Declaring the value of a variable and calling it in an include later on (PHP)

Question

I'm surprised I couldn't find a similar question on this site. Maybe my search abilities are a bit rusty...

So I am naming a variable in the <head> of each page in my site, like this:

<?php $color="orange" ?>

Color could also equal blue or green or whatever. So if the color is orange, I want to display an orange inside of an include file on the site. Let's say... for the menu...

<?php include 'inc/menu.php'; ?>

Now, inside of that include I have something like this:

<?php if ($color="orange") { echo "<span id='showmyorange'></span>";} else {echo "";} ?>

I may also use something like this:

<div class="<?php echo $color>">

However, it seems to default to one option, as if defining the value of $color without looking back at the information in the header of my page, as if $color="" . How can I define the value of a variable outside of the include file in which it is called?

Answer 1

you need to change this line:

<?php if ($color="orange") { echo "<span id='showmyorange'></span>";} else {echo "";} ?>

to this:

<?php if ($color=="orange") { echo "<span id='showmyorange'></span>";} else {echo "";} ?>

notice the double == sign. One is for assigning the variable, two "==" for confronting the values.

Declaring the value of a variable and calling it in an include later on (PHP)

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Declaring the value of a variable and calling it in an include later on (PHP)

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1 answers

solution1 1 ACCPTED 2012-12-12 18:50:19

solution1
1 ACCPTED 2012-12-12 18:50:19