Using echo statement within include

[Sofia_A]

I know this is basic, which is why it's irritating me that I can't work it out.

My statements are thus:


<?php include ("authorspage.php"); ?>

<?php echo "$thisAuthor"?>

I want to do this:

<?php include ("<?php echo "$thisAuthor"?>.php"); ?>

or so you can see more clearly: <?php include ("$thisAuthor.php"); ?>


But obviously I can't put the echo like that within this statement.

Help? :)

[Frank_Rizzo]

I don't understand what you are trying to do here. Do you just want to include whatever the $thisAuthor variable is?

What you have already will work:

<?php include("$thisAuthor.php"); ?>

If $thisAuthor = "shakespeare" then you will include the file shakespeare.php

Why do you need the echo?

[Sofia_A]

Okay well my code is actually this:

<?php include ("$pageRef.html"); ?>

Which I thought would work, but it doesn't, so I thought there must be more to it?

And yes, that's what I want it to do, just as you mention.

[Sofia_A]

Oh, wait, my bad... just a silly coding mistake.... ha ha. It does work, just as I want it to. As you were, thanks :)