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PHP

Posted by Marc Jenkinson
Marc Jenkinson
554 Points

PHP Variable for Title tag not working

Inside page "ability-gives.php" has declared the name for $pageTitle, and my header.php is echoing the $pageTitle, but the result is not rendering in the browser.

I know that the header.php is being accessed by the inside page but this string is not working.

see screenshot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rh0dqo6wt8ribkz/Screen%20Shot%202014-03-19%20at%2011.26.34%20PM.png

3 Answers

Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points

your include is before you define the variable. So you are basically echoing a variable that isn't defined yet.

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,443 Points
Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,443 Points

You need to set your variables before you use the include, if you want to see the update on the current page. In the include, your variables hold their default values, but aren't being changed until after the include is ran, so their updated values aren't being passed in.

Marc Jenkinson
Marc Jenkinson
554 Points
Marc Jenkinson
Marc Jenkinson
554 Points

Thank you!!