Need Help With Syntax Error: syntax error, unexpected T_ECHO WordPress

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Hi,

I'm using this code:
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/template.php'); ?>

... to pull in a template file, no problems here.

But now I would like to include a specific template file based on a custom field value.

This is the code I use to output the custom field value:

<?php echo $item['display_template_id']; ?>

So what I would like to achieve is to have the template id value attached to the file name.

Something like this:

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/templates/template-' . echo $item['display_template_id']'.php'); ?>

That way the user could for example make a selection of which template to be included.

I'm getting the following error with the above code:

syntax error, unexpected T_ECHO

Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks!

Answers (6)

2012-09-28

daas answers:

Use

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/templates/template-' . $item['display_template_id'] . '.php'); ?>

instead

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Edwin comments:

Thank you Max!

2012-09-28

Martin Pham answers:

try this

<?php
include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/templates/template-' . $item['display_template_id'] . '.php');
?>


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Edwin comments:

Thanks!

2012-09-28

Navjot Singh answers:

Just remove the echo keyword. Use this

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/templates/template-' .$item['display_template_id']'.php'); ?>

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Edwin comments:

Thanks!

2012-09-28

Francisco Javier Carazo Gil answers:

You don't need to use echo.

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Francisco Javier Carazo Gil comments:

The string will be well formed:

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/templates/template-' . $item['display_template_id']'.php'); ?>

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Edwin comments:

That didn't work unfortunately. Thank you for your reply though.

2012-09-28

Arnav Joy answers:

try this

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/templates/template-' .$item['display_template_id']'.php'); ?

2012-09-28

paul de wouters answers:

there's WordPress native function for including templates which has the advantage of first looking in child theme first if there is one, which means you can override the parent theme.

get_template_part('/path_to/template.php');

or

get_template_part('loop','home'); // looks for loop-home.php

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_template_part

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Edwin comments:

Thanks Paul, I am aware of this function, but to my understanding this should only be used for true WordPress template parts, such as in your example a loop template.

http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/11/17/how-to-load-files-within-wordpress-themes

In my case its just a php file with specific information.