Comments on: PHP and ASP Includes http://www.chickenbeak.com/php/php-and-asp-includes/2006/11/ Design tutorials for the greater good. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:20:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: chris http://www.chickenbeak.com/php/php-and-asp-includes/2006/11/#comment-8 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:36:41 +0000 http://www.chickenbeak.com/php/php-and-asp-includes/2006/11/#comment-8 I just wanted to point out the big difference between php and asp includes (because I don't think I can find a better spot for this snippit of info.) In php, you can assign a dynamic variable as the target of the include function. For example... <? $fileName = "header_public.inc"; include(fileName); ?> In asp however, since includes are not within the asp tags ( <% and %> ), the following would NOT work... <% fileName = "header_logged.inc" %> <!--include file=fileName--> You have a lot less flexability when using asp includes, but they stil serve their purpose. I just wanted to point out the big difference between php and asp includes (because I don’t think I can find a better spot for this snippit of info.)

In php, you can assign a dynamic variable as the target of the include function. For example…
$fileName = "header_public.inc";
include(fileName);
?>

In asp however, since includes are not within the asp tags ( <% and %> ), the following would NOT work…
<%
fileName = "header_logged.inc"
%>

You have a lot less flexability when using asp includes, but they stil serve their purpose.

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