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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Creating the Menu and Footer Adding Active States to the Navigation

Posted by markdames
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markdames
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,614 Points

What I am doing wrong?

I get the following message when I load the page: ! ) Notice: Undefined variable: section in C:\wamp\www\php\inc\header.php on line 17 Call Stack #TimeMemoryFunctionLocation 10.0010131960{main}( )..\index.php:0 20.0010134264include( 'C:\wamp\www\php\inc\header.php' )..\index.php:3 ">

Notice: Undefined variable: section in C:\wamp\www\php\inc\header.php on line 18 Call Stack #TimeMemoryFunctionLocation 10.0010131960{main}( )..\index.php:0 20.0010134264include( 'C:\wamp\www\php\inc\header.php' )..\index.php:3 ">

Code:

<html> <head> <title><?php echo $pageTitle; ?></title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald:400,700" type="text/css"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico"> </head> <body>

<div class="header">

    <div class="wrapper">

        <h1 class="branding-title"><a href="./">Shirts 4 Mike</a></h1>

        <ul class="nav">
            <li class="shirts <?php if($section == "shirts") { echo "on"; } ?>"><a href="shirts.php">Shirts</a></li>
            <li class="contact <?php if ($section == "contact") { echo "on"; } ?>"><a href="contact.php">Contact</a></li>
            <li class="cart"><a href="#">Shopping Cart</a></li>
        </ul>

    </div>

</div>

<div id="content">

6 Answers

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

Thanks for finally posting your code. In your index, above include, add this - $section = "home";

markdames
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markdames
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,614 Points

Great! That solved the problem. Thanks!

Master Marketing
Master Marketing
1,200 Points
Master Marketing
Master Marketing
1,200 Points

You're a life saver! Thanks! c:

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

Master Marketing, thanks. I'm glad to save lives, haha ^_^ You're welcome.

Master Marketing
Master Marketing
1,200 Points
Master Marketing
Master Marketing
1,200 Points

Lol! You're welcome! I have been going through this problem for a while now. So glad we could get a lot of help in the treehouse forums. Thanks again! ^^

Robert Richey
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Robert Richey
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Robert Richey
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points

Hi Mark,

Are you defining $section before including header.php on each page?

<?php
$pageTitle = "Mike's Full Catalog of Shirts";
$section = "shirts";
include('./inc/header.php');
?>
Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points
Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

Try removing the semicolon 

<?php echo $pageTitle; ?>

to

<?php echo $pageTitle ?>

If that doesn't help. Let us know.

markdames
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markdames
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,614 Points
markdames
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markdames
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,614 Points

Hello Gloria,

Unfortanly It didn't helped. I still get the same error messages on the index page. The contact and the shirts page are working fine.

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

Can you paste the whole code?

Blaize Pennington
Blaize Pennington
13,878 Points
Blaize Pennington
Blaize Pennington
13,878 Points

It looks like your issue is you have not defined the variable $section anywhere. So PHP is trying to test your if statement, but can't find $section so it is printing out an error.

If you show me both your index.html code and your full header.php code I may be able to figure out exactly where this definition is failing.

markdames
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markdames
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,614 Points
markdames
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markdames
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,614 Points

Hello Blaize,

Index:

<?php $pageTitle = "Unique T-shirts designed by a frog"; include('inc/header.php'); ?>

    <div class="section banner">

        <div class="wrapper">

            <img class="hero" src="img/mike-the-frog.png" alt="Mike the Frog says:">
            <div class="button">
                <a href="#">
                    <h2>Hey, I&rsquo;m Mike!</h2>
                    <p>Check Out My Shirts</p>
                </a>
            </div>
        </div>

    </div>

    <div class="section shirts latest">

        <div class="wrapper">

            <h2>Mike&rsquo;s Latest Shirts</h2>

            <ul class="products">
                <li><a href="#">
                        <img src="img/shirts/shirt-108.jpg">
                        <p>View Details</p>
                    </a>
                </li><li>
                    <a href="#">
                        <img src="img/shirts/shirt-107.jpg">
                        <p>View Details</p>
                    </a>
                </li><li>
                    <a href="#">
                        <img src="img/shirts/shirt-106.jpg">
                        <p>View Details</p>
                    </a>
                </li><li>
                    <a href="#">
                        <img src="img/shirts/shirt-105.jpg">
                        <p>View Details</p>
                    </a>
                </li>                               
            </ul>

        </div>

    </div>

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

Header:

<html> <head> <title><?php echo $pageTitle ?></title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald:400,700" type="text/css"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico"> </head> <body>

<div class="header">

    <div class="wrapper">

        <h1 class="branding-title"><a href="./">Shirts 4 Mike</a></h1>

        <ul class="nav">
            <li class="shirts <?php if($section == "shirts") { echo "on"; } ?>"><a href="shirts.php">Shirts</a></li>
            <li class="contact <?php if ($section == "contact") { echo "on"; } ?>"><a href="contact.php">Contact</a></li>
            <li class="cart"><a href="#">Shopping Cart</a></li>
        </ul>

    </div>

</div>

<div id="content">
Blaize Pennington
Blaize Pennington
13,878 Points
Blaize Pennington
Blaize Pennington
13,878 Points

You have not defined $section in your index.html file, and this is why you are getting an error. Right below $pageTitle = "Unique T-shirts designed by a frog"; type $section = "shirts";. This should fix your problem.