By artcoder on

In my page.tpl.php, I'm including php code from another php file as in ...

<?php include "http://example.com/themes/mytheme/right-sidebar.php"; ?>

It works. But I know enough to know that it is not the most proper way to do it because it is hard-coding the domain name as well as the template name.

How to do it properly where system can resolve the domain name and the template name correctly?

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mm167’s picture

mm167 commented

if u dont put full link, by default, the file in the same folder will be used.

artcoder’s picture

artcoder commented

Okay, I see. But now why is it that I am not able to use 

$node->nid

in my included file. But I can use it find in page.tpl.php.

Is there a way for me to access all the same variables in the included file that I have access to in the main file page.tpl.php?

gforce301’s picture

gforce301 commented

I might be wrong but if I remember right you can global in $node to your included file. You would have to do the same with any other page.tpl.php variables that you want to use within the scope of your included file.