asked on 9/5/2013

Why does this header cause a problem?

Head out to http://www.countryshowdown.com/app/view_contestants.php?id=58382. No biggie, just the mobile version of the countryshowdown.com page.

I've got dilemma, however, and I'm at a loss as to why it's happening.

I need to swap out the header on this page with something else that will allow for a little drop down animation that alerts the user to the possibility of adding the page to their mobile device as an icon. The script works great and I can put it in the header where it belongs without any issue, but...

I don't want this script to run on any other page beside the view_contestants.php page. Yet, when I change the code from require_once('header.php') to require_once('header_script.php') only a portion of the page is shown and I don't understand why or how to fix it.

For the sake of trying to eliminate problems, I kept the two files - header.php and header_script.php exactly the same. But when you go to http://www.countryshowdown.com/app/view_contestants_1.php?id=58382, you'll see that only half the content is displayed. Why and how do I fix it?

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Chris Stanyon

9/5/2013

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Bruce Gust

9/5/2013

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Yes, I do look at the source code...

And I was kind of hoping you could tell me why there's a repetition. Lines 1-275 are repeated. Yet the only difference in the two pages is in one instance I'm calling require once('header.php') and the other page I'm saying require('header_script.php') and both header.php and header_script.php are identical. So why the repetition?

And just for grins, in case I'm missing something obvious, here are the two "headers:"
header.php

Bruce Gust

9/5/2013

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Here's the other header. Same script, just a different name, but for some reason I'm getting a bunch of redundancy.
header-script.php

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Chris Stanyon

9/5/2013

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Bruce Gust

9/5/2013

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So I figured before I posted the files, I would go thru, just to make sure, that I wasn't overlooking something ridiculously simple. I mean, I do not recall coding two instances of headers. Why would I be appealing to the experts for something so outrageously simplistic?

Line 6 - there it was: require_once('header.php'); in addition to the other require_once('header_script.php)

I'm an idiot, but I'm a hardworking idiot...

Thanks.

Bruce Gust

9/5/2013

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As an aside, it just dawned on me why this was so illusive.

This particular app was outsourced and while I wrote most of the code, the subcontractor (who did a great job) began by copying and pasting my code as a starting point and then changing things as they needed to be altered for the sake of the mobile version that he was responsible for.

He had two instances of require_once('header.php') listed, but it wasn't a problem because it was the same header and line 102 didn't trigger anything because it was identical to line 4.

Here I come several weeks later and make some changes, oblivious to the redundancy and my attempts to troubleshoot begin with something complicated rather than something easy. In other words, I'm looking at replacing the engine rather than beginning by seeing if there's gas in the tank.

Thanks for the other set of eyes...

Chris Stanyon

9/5/2013

Don't feel bad. I've been there and sometimes just explaining the problem to others can help you see it, particularly when it's so obvious - pleased you got it working :)