Basically all I did just add the code, as per Scott’s instructions above, two times then change a few variables in the second instance of the code.

For Example in this code below:

ob_start();
include(’/serversideincludes/sidenav.html’); // Replace with actual path and file name.
$my_include_sidenav = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

I changed the include path on the second line of code and I also changed the 3rd line from “$my_include_content” to something unique like “$my_include_sidenav”.

The next block of Scott’s code I changed also, changing “CONTENT” and “content” to SIDENAV and sidenav like you see in the code below:

“$strHTML = eregi_replace(’\[MY_INCLUDE_SIDENAV\]‘, $my_include_sidenav, $strHTML);”

Then you in your template.html you would add the new code “[MY_INCLUDE_SIDENAV]” where you want to second include to be added.

Note: I had a problem with the way that Scott’s code copies and pastes into Dreamweaver and David shared that it was because Wordpress displays this part of the code differently for the single ‘ quote marks. So the easiest way to correct this is to copy and paste the “single ‘ quote marks” from your shop.php code and replace them in the code that you copied and pasted into your shop.php.

It’s really hard to tell the difference in this small single quote mark (not sure what the official name of this symbol is) but I can tell you that the code will not work if you don’t replace them. Certainly those with more coding experience know this but a rookie like me would miss this. So just replace all four of the single ‘ quote marks with ones copied from your original code and it will work.

Thanks Scott and David. Please feel free to correct anything that I didn’t explain properly and thanks for your help.

$new_path = ‘Whatever additional path you want to include from’;
$current_path = ini_get(”include_path”);
ini_set(”include_path”, “$current_path:” . $new_path);

-David

Scott

I had to reset the “include_path” right before my include call to get the correct file name because the .php file I using also has additional includes in the code. I kept getting an error that the directory or files don’t exist at “include_path”= /mysite/avant_includes. Here’s an example of what I was able to accomplish(thanks to scott’s help): http://www.nationaloutdoors.net/bc/shop.php/D-1/CampHike.html. You can see recent posts (my content) at the bottom of the page.