I am using a wordpress template in php like this:
<?php
include('wp-blog-header.php');
get_header();
?>
...Hello World...
<?php get_footer(); ?>
ok, it works good... but the contents of title and other meta tags are empty. How can I change the header contents or use my own $variables inside the get_header() section? it doesnt work like this:
$test="Blabla";
get_header();
.. inside a wordpress header template:
echo $test;
the $test variable is empty :(.. any ideas? thanks!
The $test variable is empty because the header is included by a function, hence effectively 'in' the function, and more importantly, in a different scope.. think of it like
function get_header()
{
$test = '1234';
}
get_header();
echo $test; // won't work because test is in a different scope
you can however use globals, or $_SESSION variables, or create a static class to hold variables in that can be called from anywhere.
the global option is probably the quickest fix here (not necessarily the strictest though).
$GLOBALS['test'] = "Blabla";
get_header();
.. inside a wordpress header template:
echo $GLOBALS['test'];
hope that helps
put all your different custom function and/or variable in your functions.php
or replace get_header(); by include get_bloginfo("template_url").'/header.php';
Simply replace:
<?php
$test="Blabla";
get_header();
?>
with:
<?php
$test="Blabla";
include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/header.php');
?>;
and the variable will be in scope. Try to avoid using globals.
By default get_header() pulls the header.php file. you could simply rewrite the header.php file to include what you want. If you don't want to rewrite it for all templates but for only a few you could use get_header('name') which would grab header-name.php in which you could have your own items.
