PHP - include a php file and also send query parameters

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I have to show a page from my php script based on certain conditions. I have an if condition and am doing an "include" if the condition is satisfied.

if(condition here){
  include "myFile.php?id='$someVar'";
}

Now the problem is the server has a file "myFile.php" but I want to make a call to this file with an argument (id) and the value of "id" will change with each call.

Can someone please tell me how to achieve this? Thanks.

parameters include php
13 Answers

Imagine the include as what it is: A copy & paste of the contents of the included PHP file which will then be interpreted. There is no scope change at all, so you can still access $someVar in the included file directly (even though you might consider a class based structure where you pass $someVar as a parameter or refer to a few global variables).

user_1205130

You could do something like this to achieve the effect you are after:

$_GET['id']=$somevar;
include('myFile.php');

However, it sounds like you are using this include like some kind of function call (you mention calling it repeatedly with different arguments).

In this case, why not turn it into a regular function, included once and called multiple times?

Paul_Dixon_65210

An include is just like a code insertion. You get in your included code the exact same variables you have in your base code. So you can do this in your main file :

<?
    if ($condition == true)
    {
        $id = 12345;
        include 'myFile.php';
    }
?>

And in "myFile.php" :

<?
    echo 'My id is : ' . $id . '!';
?>

This will output :

My id is 12345 !

user_445540

The simplest way to do this is like this

index.php

<?php $active = 'home'; include 'second.php'; ?>

second.php

<?php echo $active; ?>

You can share variables since you are including 2 files by using "include"

user_76712650

In the file you include, wrap the html in a function.

<?php function($myVar) {?>
    <div>
        <?php echo $myVar; ?>
    </div>
<?php } ?>

In the file where you want it to be included, include the file and then call the function with the parameters you want.

user_13730500

I know this has been a while, however, Iam wondering whether the best way to handle this would be to utilize the be session variable(s)

In your myFile.php you'd have

<?php 

$MySomeVAR = $_SESSION['SomeVar'];

?>

And in the calling file 

<?php

session_start(); 
$_SESSION['SomeVar'] = $SomeVAR;
include('myFile.php');
echo $MySomeVAR;

?>

Would this circumvent the "suggested" need to Functionize the whole process?

user_5494470

You can use $GLOBALS to solve this issue as well.

$myvar = "Hey";

include ("test.php");


echo $GLOBALS["myvar"];
user_36005530

Your question is not very clear, but if you want to include the php file (add the source of that page to yours), you just have to do following :

if(condition){
    $someVar=someValue;
    include "myFile.php";
}

As long as the variable is named $someVar in the myFile.php

user_1494900

Try this also

we can have a function inside the included file then we can call the function with parametrs.

our file for include is test.php

<?php
function testWithParams($param1, $param2, $moreParam = ''){
    echo $param1;
}

then we can include the file and call the function with our parameters as a variables or directly

index.php

<?php
include('test.php');
$var1 = 'Hi how are you?';
$var2 = [1,2,3,4,5];
testWithParams($var1, $var2);
user_78711000
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