Probably simple.... BUT...

 

I am using wordpress with a fully customised template. I have a little snippet of code which checks if a user is logged in and then echo's out wording based on if they are or not (see below)

 

<?php  if (is_user_logged_in()){
		$varInc = "Search Goes Here";
	   	echo "<div id='login-top'><div id='searchy'>$varInc</div></div>";
	 }
	 else {
	 	$varInc = "Log In Goes Here";
	   	echo "<div id='login-top'><div id='searchy'>$varInc</div></div>";
	   };
?>

 

This works PERFECTLY!! so where's the problem I hear you scream... well when I do this:

 

<?php  if (is_user_logged_in()){
		$varInc = "<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?>";
	   	echo "<div id='login-top'><div id='searchy'>$varInc</div></div>";
	 }
	 else {
	 	$varInc = "Log In Goes Here";
	   	echo "<div id='login-top'><div id='searchy'>$varInc</div></div>";
	   };
?>

 

and try to include the search template file then nothing shows up.... a little help would be much appreciated.

 

Oh and if I run

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?>

On its own then it displays the search perfectly...

 

help help help

 

Cheers guys

Oh and if it is any help... the source code is like this:

 

<div id='login-top'><div id='searchy'><?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?></div></div>

 

Rather than parsing the php code...

Just a quick stab here, but couldn't you just close off your PHP and insert the html code instead of storing it as a variable, and echoing it? This is something to do with the variable type and in particular a string I'm sure a PHP expert could answer right, but just looking at it, this would work just as well if you made it thus:

 

<?php  if (is_user_logged_in()){ ?>
   <div id='login-top'><div id='searchy'><?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?></div></div>
	<?php }
	 else { ?>

	 <div id='login-top'><div id='searchy'><!-- login content --></div></div>
	   <?php }; ?>

No I have tried that wes mate - thanks for the suggestion, but as soon as I put the PHP in like that, the whole thing breaks down

 

I did a google search and they seem to think variables are the way to go... but I am so stumped

 

Any other ideas?

You've got PHP tags within PHP tags:

 

<?php  if (is_user_logged_in()){
		$varInc = "<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php'); ?>";
		   echo "<div id='login-top'><div id='searchy'>$varInc</div></div>";
	 }
	 else {
		 $varInc = "Log In Goes Here";
		   echo "<div id='login-top'><div id='searchy'>$varInc</div></div>";
	   };
?>

 

Should be

 

<?php  if (is_user_logged_in()){
		$varInc = TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php';
		   echo "<div id='login-top'><div id='searchy'>";
					  include($varInc);
					  echo "</div></div>";
	 }
	 else {
		 $varInc = "Log In Goes Here";
		   echo "<div id='login-top'><div id='searchy'>".$varInc."</div></div>";
	   };
?>

 

However that's quite in ifficient and can be shortened too:

 

<div id="login-top">
<div id="searchy">
	<?php
		if(is_user_logged_in())
		{
			include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/searchform.php');
		}
		else
		{
			echo "Log in Goes Here";
		}
	?>
</div>
</div>

It worked!

 

Thank you Skidz. I really appreciate your help on this and your maturity in helping me out after our 'disagreement' the other day

 

I am working hard to improve my development skills so I really appreciate your help

Not a problem... Always enjoy helping people learn. Just remember never to put <?php tags inside <?php tags!

Ok cool - that's like PHP101 for me - first lessons and all that

 

Cheers

If your still at an early stage of learning I suggest you take a look at the "diving into php" screencast series on Blog.Themeforest.net

Yes thanks - I have had a bit of a look at these. I will start re-watching them all though cheers