Title: PHP Include
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# PHP Include

 *  [cued100prof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cued100prof/)
 * (@cued100prof)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-include-5/)
 * I’m trying to include a file in a child theme template, and having a bit of trouble–
   due to my amateur php skills, I’m sure.
 * Here’s what I have so far:
 *     ```
       <img src="<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri() ?>/images/fp-<?php the_ID(); ?>.jpg" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>" />
   
       <?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri() ?>/featured-content/fp-<?php the_ID(); ?>.htm
   
       <?php include("http://mydomain.com/wp-content/themes/Essence-RFF/featured-content/fp-56.htm ");?>
   
       <?php include("<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri() ?>/featured-content/fp-<?php the_ID(); ?>.htm ");?>
       ```
   
    1. Line 1 works correctly to bring in an image with the current page name.
    2. Line 2 correctly echos the full path to the snippet
    3. In Line 3 I test the php include with the hard coded path from Line 2, but it
       fails
    4. Line 4 is the code I thought I should use to dynamically call a unique snippet
       file named with the page id
 * Can anyone help me see what needs to be done?
 * Thanks, so much!

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 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-include-5/#post-2445384)
 * Syntax error.
 * This:
 *     ```
       <?php include("<?php echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri() ?>/featured-content/fp-<?php the_ID(); ?>.htm ");?>
       ```
   
 * …should be this:
 *     ```
       <?php include( get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/featured-content/fp-' . get_the_ID() . '.htm' ); ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [cued100prof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cued100prof/)
 * (@cued100prof)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-include-5/#post-2445390)
 * Thanks, Chip. I knew I should figure out how to get rid of that nested php. However,
   the include still does not work. Shouldn’t it at least work when I hard code 
   the full URL to a specific file, as in Line 3?
 * There are no error messages, or any trace of the request in the output. It’s 
   like the line just gets skipped in processing.
 * BTW, there is a php include line that’s built into the theme at the bottom of
   this same page that runs fine. So it seems like there is something within this
   div that is being handled differently, somehow.
 * I’m mystified.
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-include-5/#post-2445397)
 * 1) Does “[http://mydomain.com/wp-content/themes/Essence-RFF/featured-content/fp-56.htm&#8221](http://mydomain.com/wp-content/themes/Essence-RFF/featured-content/fp-56.htm&#8221);
   exist?
 * 2) Are you calling the `include()` inside the Loop?
 * 3) Why are you including a .htm file, instead of a .php file?
 *  Thread Starter [cued100prof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cued100prof/)
 * (@cued100prof)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-include-5/#post-2445403)
 * 1) Yes, the file exists, and the URL works. Sorry, it’s in a protected directory
   so I can’t share it at the moment.
 * 2) Yes; this is a Page Template in the Child Theme folder. As I mentioned `<?
   php include(TEMPLATEPATH."/sidebar_right_page.php");?>` is on the same page, 
   and works correctly.
 * 3) The file only contains a single paragraph of text, so I didn’t think it needed
   to be .php. (I have actually tried renaming it, though, to see if that would 
   make a difference, but no cigar.)
 *  Thread Starter [cued100prof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cued100prof/)
 * (@cued100prof)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-include-5/#post-2445409)
 * Woah! That’s it! The security on the directory is preventing access by the system!
   I’ll see if I can figure out how to give the server access.
 * Thanks for all your help. There’s one more lesson learned!
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-include-5/#post-2445410)
 * > 2) Yes; this is a Page Template in the Child Theme folder. As I mentioned <?
   > php include(TEMPLATEPATH.”/sidebar_right_page.php”);?> is on the same page,
   > and works correctly.
 * That’s not actually what I was asking. 🙂 Just because the code is called from
   inside a custom page template (or any other template file or template-part file)
   doesn’t mean that it is executed _inside the Loop_. The Loop is the part that
   outputs the post data, e.g.
 *     ```
       if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
   
       // IS THE CODE CALLED HERE?
   
       endwhile; endif;
       ```
   
 * But, to cut to the chase, try this, and tell me what gets output:
 *     ```
       $featured_content_filepath = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/featured-content/fp-' . get_the_ID() . '.htm';
       var_dump( $featured_content_filepath  );
       ```
   
 * **Oh, and one other thing:**, you need to use `get_stylesheet_directory()`, rather
   than `get_stylesheet_directory_uri()`. So, try this:
 *     ```
       <?php include( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/featured-content/fp-' . get_the_ID() . '.htm' ); ?>
       ```
   
 * And if it still doesn’t work, tell me what is output from this:
 *     ```
       $featured_content_filepath = get_stylesheet_directory() . '/featured-content/fp-' . get_the_ID() . '.htm';
       var_dump( $featured_content_filepath  );
       ```
   
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-include-5/#post-2445412)
 * > Woah! That’s it! The security on the directory is preventing access by the 
   > system! I’ll see if I can figure out how to give the server access.
   > Thanks for all your help. There’s one more lesson learned!
 * This is probably because you’re using `get_stylesheet_directory_uri()` (which
   returns a URL), rather than `get_stylesheet_directory()` (which returns a filepath).
 * The PHP `include()` function expects a filepath, and most servers have PHP configured
   NOT to allow use of URLs in `include()`, for security reasons.
 *  Thread Starter [cued100prof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cued100prof/)
 * (@cued100prof)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-include-5/#post-2445489)
 * Ok, that makes loads of sense all the way around.

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