Include php header in tpl

[FPForum]

I am trying to include the php header from my wordpress in order to replace the header on whmcs. I have removed the whmcs header and background but it doesn't seam to be displaying my wordpress header.php....am I missing something? Can I include php in the tpl file?

[robbo]

Whats the include code you are using?
If you are using <?php ?> tags, replace these with {php} and {/php} respectively.
Eg:

{php}include ('../head.php');{/php}

[FPForum]

thanks robbo. I tried that and instead get a complete blank white page (I cleared out my templates_c)
this is my code:
{php}include ('../wp-content/themes/hosting/header.php');{/php}

[robbo]

Are you able to tell me where the 2 sites (WHMCS and Wordpress) are located?

The ../ at the front is just what mine has (the head.php is located one directory above my WHMCS)

Sounds like it can't find the file, so it spits out a blank page which is normal for the WHMCS system.

[FPForum]

Are you able to tell me where the 2 sites (WHMCS and Wordpress) are located?

The ../ at the front is just what mine has (the head.php is located one directory above my WHMCS)

Sounds like it can't find the file, so it spits out a blank page which is normal for the WHMCS system.

Certainly robbo.
public_html/wp-content/themes/hosting/header.php --is where my header is located
public_html/clients/templates/portal/header.tpl --is the header for my whmcs

I'm also noticing, my wordpress displays just fine on my index page, but when trying to access the header this way: Here I am noticing I get an error..Would this make any difference? The header displays absolutely fine on my site, so I wouldn't think it would make a difference..

Thanks for your help robbo!

[robbo]

It looks like that could be causing the error.
Possibly try, {php}include ('/home/user/public_html/wp-content/themes/hosting/header.php');{/php}

Replace /home/user with your full address. This will rule out it not finding the file. If it doesn't work, you might just have to copy the source code and paste into the header.tpl

Good luck.

[FPForum]

Thanks alot robbo. going to try that now! Would I also need the css information too if I copy the whole header file?

[robbo]

Yes you would, as there will be certain styles in the main page which aren't in the WHMCS template styles.

[FPForum]

Yes you would, as there will be certain styles in the main page which aren't in the WHMCS template styles.

Thanks bud, still didn't work so i'm not exactly sure what I am gonna do. the furthest i've gotten was the original way, which gave me a white screen and all that shows up is the code upto the first bloginfo which is:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="

I am thinking it must be because of the error I am getting in my header.php..It's really weird that the error shows up even though the header displays perfectly fine on my main page..

[goddess_dix]

for anyone trying to do this, just including the header.php file won't work, because it's not initializing the wp variables, etc. that way.

i found an approach that worked for me here - http://bloke.org/php/using-wordpress...rs-externally/

[mycommon]

Not a coder, just an idea from my own design troubles...

Copy the contents of your header file into another file local to your WHMCS directory, change the include calls in the new file you created, and use {literal} {/literal} tags at the start and end of that file?

[HostXLarge]

Trying to do the same and I will update you.

@mycommon No, Literal tags are used for java script.

[laszlof]

@mycommon No, Literal tags are used for java script.

Literal tags are used for anything you want to escape from normal smarty markup. Specifically { and } characters. If you anticipate having any of them in normal text or code, you either need to wrap {literal} tags around it, or replace them with {ldelim} and {rdelim}

Its not only for javascript, but thats commonly where you will see it.

[priestakos]

You can use

{include_php file='/path/file.php'}

[Jared]

An include isn't actually the best way to do this. I have a method that works a bit cleaner. Works with Joomla / WordPress, I'll post it if you wish.