PHP Include – Pages Bouncing Out of WordPress (Exec-PHP)

Hello! 🙂

I recently installed the Exec-PHP plugin and have been using PHP include commands to embed scripts into my WordPress pages.

So far it works almost perfectly, but I’ve been having one problem.

Whenever a link or button is clicked on one of these pages, the page will “bounce” out of WordPress.

You can see what I mean by visiting this page –> http://thefluffyshrimp.com/?page_id=9

If you click the button “Add Link” at the bottom there (without filling in the form), the error page will open up outside of WordPress. Whereas I would prefer all links to open up inside the WordPress page.

This is particularly important for users attempting to include PHP scripts that involve a number of pages, such as a gallery or a links directory (ex: Page 1 / 2 / 3 / Next Page), each page of which would open up outside of WordPress when clicked.

To illustrate this problem, let’s say I use the following code in my included file and name it “page1.php”

<?php
echo “(This Is A Link To Page 2)”;
?>

So that page1.php contains a link to page2.php.

Now on my WordPress page I will include the following.

<? php
include “/dir/dir/page1.php”;
?>

If I do this, page1.php will appear in my WordPress page just beautifully…

But when I click the link “This Is A Link To Page 2” to go to page2.php, page2.php will appear as a stand alone page (it won’t appear inside the WordPress page as page1.php does).

Now I’m certain there is a way to get all pages that you click on to appear embedded inside the same WordPress page (without using frames/iframes), but I’m not sure where to start.

Is there an additional, preexisting plugin that assists with this reoccurring issue with Exec-PHP? Or is there a blog about how to do this that anyone knows of?

How can I get all clicked links in a PHP include to open within the same page (again, without using frames)?

Thank you so much to anyone willing to take the time to assist me with this. 🙂