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PHP Build a Basic PHP Website (2018) Building a Media Library in PHP Using Variables for the Title Tag

David Bayley
David Bayley
10,312 Points
Posted by David Bayley
David Bayley
10,312 Points

Getting undefined variable error message

Followed steps in video but when I preview suggest.php I get Undefined Variable notice instead of the actual page title:

SUGGEST.PHP

<?php $pageTitle = "Suggest a Media Item";

include("inc/header.php"); ?>

<div class="section page"> <h1>Suggest a Media Item</h1> </div>

<?php include("inc/footer.php"); ?>

HEADER.PHP

<html> <head> <title><?php echo $pageTitle; ?></title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body>

<div class="header">

    <div class="wrapper">

        <h1 class="branding-title"><a href="./">Personal Media Library</a></h1>

        <ul class="nav">
            <li class="books"><a href="catalog.php?cat=books">Books</a></li>
            <li class="movies"><a href="catalog.php?cat=movies">Movies</a></li>
            <li class="music"><a href="catalog.php?cat=music">Music</a></li>
            <li class="suggest"><a href="suggest.php">Suggest</a></li>
        </ul>

    </div>

</div>

<div id="content">

2 Answers

Sean Randle
Sean Randle
5,804 Points
Sean Randle
Sean Randle
5,804 Points

You are probably viewing the home page as in the index.php file. Title for the homepage has not been set at this stage of the course hence you are seeing the error. Try clicking on the suggest tab in the nav menu and see if your title shows up or not?

Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points
Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points

Hi David,

If you are using workspaces please make sure it saved and double check it. I just did it and it took a few moments for my suggest.php to save.