try it the other way around. capture the output of the included file before you send/display the title
Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Lott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 3:44 PM Subject: [PHP] Setting title via included file > I have a page that includes a file in the middle, but I wish to set the > title of the page based on a variable set in the included file-- is this > possible? > > PHP processes the page sequentially, so if I have $foo = Title in the > included file, it is too late to use it for the title of the main document. > > I thought output buffering might be the key, but it doesn't seem to work. > Should it? > > Basically, I was doing this for the output buffering: > > *** > function fixtitle($buffer) { > return (str_replace("XXX", $pagetitle, $buffer)); > } > > ob_start("fixtitle"); > > ?> > <html> > <title>XXX</title> > > ... > > <? include("file_that_sets_pagetitle.inc") ?> > > ... > > > <?php > > ob_end_flush(); > > ?> > > > c > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]