Set Page Title using PHP

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I wish to set the title of my webpage to Ultan me - Whatever the post title  I want it to display the post title  The posts are submitted to a MySQL database and the title row is called  title   Any help is appreciated with this small question   Update   Here is the page itself now but it doesn t display the title  Should I open the php document and connect to my database somewhere different to it s current locations   The Code  The only necessary piece is the beginning     lt html gt   lt head gt    lt meta name  keywords  content  Mac user Ultan Casey TheCompuGeeks UltanKC  gt   lt title gt Ultan me -  lt  echo  title   gt  lt  title gt    lt link rel  stylesheet  href  css styles css  type  text css    gt   lt script type  text javascript  src  http   ajax googleapis com ajax libs jquery 1 2 6 jquery min js  gt  lt  script gt   lt script type  text javascript   src  js jquery labelify js  gt  lt  script gt   lt script type  text javascript  gt    document  ready function          text   labelify         lt  script gt   lt style gt  a  text-decoration none    lt  style gt   lt  head gt   lt body gt   lt div id  main  gt    lt  -- Menu Start -- gt   lt div id  menu  gt   lt ul gt   lt li gt  lt a href  index php  gt home lt  a gt  lt  li gt   lt li gt  lt a href  index php  gt about me lt  a gt  lt  li gt   lt li gt  lt a href  index php  gt archives lt  a gt  lt  li gt   lt li gt  lt a href  index php  gt contact lt  a gt  lt  li gt   lt li gt  lt a href  index php  gt gallery lt  a gt  lt  li gt    lt  ul gt   lt  div gt   lt  -- Menu End -- gt     lt img src  images banner png    gt   lt div id  content  gt   lt div id  posts  gt   lt  php mysql connect   localhost    root    root     mysql select db   ultankc     if   isset   GET  id        is numeric   GET  id           die  Invalid ID specified         id    int   GET  id     sql    SELECT   FROM php blog WHERE id   id  LIMIT 1     result   mysql query  sql  or print   Can t select entry from table php blog  lt br   gt      sql     lt br   gt     mysql error      while  row   mysql fetch array  result           date   date  l F d Y    row  timestamp           title   stripslashes  row  title          entry   stripslashes  row  entry          get categories   mysql query  SELECT   FROM php blog categories WHERE  category id     row category          category   mysql fetch array  get categories           gt   lt p gt  lt  php echo   lt p id  post-title  gt  lt strong gt  lt a href   post php id     id       gt      title     lt  a gt  lt  strong gt  lt  p gt      gt  lt br   gt  lt br   gt   lt div id  entry  gt  lt  php echo  entry    gt   lt  div gt  lt br   gt  lt br   gt   lt p id  date  gt Posted in  lt a href  category php category  lt  php echo  row  category      gt   gt  lt  php echo  category  category name      gt  lt  a gt  on  lt  php echo  date    gt  lt  p gt   lt  p gt   lt h2 id  share-title  gt Share This Post lt  h2 gt   lt div id  social-share  gt   lt li id  link-right  gt  lt a href  http   twitter com home status  I just read  lt  php echo  title    gt  at http   ultan me post php id  lt  php echo  id    gt   gt  lt center gt Twitter lt  center gt  lt  a gt  lt  li gt   lt li id  link-left  gt  lt a href  http   digg com submit url http   ultan me post php id  lt  php echo  id    gt   gt  lt center gt Digg lt  center gt  lt  a gt  lt  li gt   lt br gt   lt li id  link-right  gt  lt a href  http   www facebook com sharer php u http   ultan me post php id  lt  php echo  id    gt  amp t  lt  php echo  title    gt   gt  lt center gt Facebook lt  center gt  lt  a gt  lt  li gt   lt li id  link-left  gt  lt a href  http   www google com buzz post url http   ultan me post php id  lt  php echo  id    gt    gt  lt center gt Google Buzz lt  center gt  lt  a gt  lt  li gt   lt div class  clr  gt  lt  div gt   lt  div gt   lt h2 id  comments-title  gt Comments lt  h2 gt    lt div id  comment-list  gt       lt  php     commenttimestamp   strtotime  now      sql    SELECT   FROM php blog comments WHERE entry   id  ORDER BY timestamp    result   mysql query   sql  or print   Can t select comments from table php blog comments  lt br   gt      sql     lt br   gt     mysql error     while  row   mysql fetch array  result          timestamp   date  l F d Y    row  timestamp           printf   lt div class  comment-ind  gt  lt p id  comments  gt  lt a id  username  href    s   gt  s lt  a gt   s lt  p gt    stripslashes  row  url     stripslashes  row  name      timestamp       print   lt p class  comments  gt     stripslashes  row  comment        lt  p gt  lt div class  clr  gt  lt br gt  lt  div gt  lt  div gt            gt   lt div class  clr  gt  lt  div gt   lt form id  commentform  method  post  action  process php  gt    lt p gt  lt input type  hidden  name  entry  id  entry  value   lt  php echo  id    gt     gt    lt input type  hidden  name  timestamp  id  timestamp  value   lt  php echo  commenttimestamp    gt   gt    lt input type  text  name  name  id  name  title  Name  required     gt  lt br   gt    lt input type  text  name  email  id  email  title  Mail  will not be published   required     gt  lt br   gt    lt input type  text  name  url  id  url  title  Website  value  http       gt  lt br   gt    lt br   gt   lt textarea  title  Your Comment Goes Here  name  comment  id  comment  gt  lt  textarea gt  lt  p gt    lt p gt  lt input type  submit  name  submit comment  id  submit comment  value  Add Comment    gt  lt  p gt    lt  form gt   lt  div gt   lt div id  pages  gt    lt  php  total results   mysql fetch array mysql query  SELECT COUNT    AS num FROM php blog      total pages   ceil  total results  num      blog postnumber   if   page  gt  1         prev     page - 1       echo   lt a href    page  prev   gt  amp lt  amp lt   Newer lt  a gt       for  i   1   i  lt    total pages   i          if   page     i            echo   i              else           echo   lt a href    page  i   gt  i lt  a gt             if   page  lt   total pages        next     page   1      echo   lt a href    page  next   gt Older  amp gt  amp gt  lt  a gt         gt   lt  div gt   lt  div gt   lt  div gt   lt  -- Sidebar Start -- gt   lt div class  sidebar  gt    lt  -- Item 1 -- gt   lt div id  side-item  gt    lt h2 gt   lt a href  http   www dailybooth com UltanCasey  gt   lt img src  images db-icon jpg  gt Dailybooth  lt  a gt  lt  h2 gt   lt div id  side-item-content  gt   lt center gt   lt img src  http   dailybooth com UltanCasey latest medium jpg    gt   lt  center gt   lt  div gt    lt  div gt    lt  -- Item 2 -- gt    lt div id  side-item  gt   lt h2 gt  lt img src  images connect jpg    gt Connect lt  h2 gt   lt  div gt   lt div id  side-item-content  gt   lt div class  tweet-title  gt  lt p gt  lt a href  http   www twitter com UltanKc  gt Latest Tweet  lt  a gt  lt  p gt  lt  div gt   lt div id  tweet  gt   lt  php  function getTwitterStatus  userid    url    http   twitter com statuses user timeline  userid xml count 1    function auto link twitter   text           properly formatted URLs      urls        http s          www        a-z  -a-z0-9       a-z  -a-z0-9     a-z      a-z  2 2        a-z0-9       amp      -   a-z0-9       1 1   is        text   preg replace  urls     lt a href   1  gt  1 lt  a gt     text           URLs without protocols      text   preg replace   href   www     href   http   www    text           Twitter usernames      twitter        A-Za-z0-9     is        text   preg replace   twitter     lt a href  http   twitter com  1  gt   1 lt  a gt     text           Twitter hashtags      hashtag        A-Aa-z0-9 -    is        text   preg replace   hashtag     lt a href  http   hashtags org  1  gt   1 lt  a gt     text       return  text      xml   simplexml load file  url  or die  could not connect            foreach  xml- gt status as  status           text    status- gt text                  echo auto link twitter   text        getTwitterStatus  UltanKC       gt   lt  div gt   lt br gt   lt ul gt   lt li id  social  gt  lt a href     gt YouTube lt  a gt  lt  li gt   lt li id  social  gt  lt a href     gt Twitter lt  a gt  lt  li gt   lt li id  social  gt  lt a href     gt LastFM lt  a gt  lt  li gt   lt li id  social  gt  lt a href     gt Email lt  a gt  lt  li gt   lt  ul gt    lt  div gt   lt  -- Item 2 End-- gt   lt div id  side-item  gt   lt h2 gt  lt img src  images archive jpg    gt Archives lt  h2 gt   lt  div gt   lt div id  archive-side  gt   lt  php mysql connect   localhost    root    root     mysql select db   ultankc      result   mysql query  SELECT FROM UNIXTIME timestamp    Y   AS get year  COUNT    AS entries FROM php blog GROUP BY get year     while   row   mysql fetch array  result          get year    row  get year         entries    row  entries         echo   lt li id  tag  gt  lt a href   archives php year      get year       gt Entries from      get year            entries      lt br   gt  lt  a gt  lt  li gt        result1   mysql query  SELECT   FROM php blog categories ORDER BY category name ASC     while  row   mysql fetch array  result1           result2   mysql query  SELECT COUNT  id   AS entries FROM php blog WHERE category    row category id          num entries   mysql fetch array  result2        echo   lt li id  tag  gt  lt a href  category php category      row  category id        gt      row  category name             num entries  entries        lt  a gt  lt  li gt         gt   lt  div gt    lt  div gt    lt div class  clr    gt   lt  div gt   lt  -- Sidebar End  -- gt   lt div id  footer  gt   lt p gt   amp copy  Ultan Casey 2010 lt  p gt   lt p style  margin-top  -18px  float right  gt  lt a href  index php  gt Home lt  a gt     lt a href  about php  gt About Me lt  a gt     lt a href  mailto ultankc thecompugeeks com  gt Email Me lt  a gt  lt  p gt   lt  div gt   lt  div gt   lt  div gt   lt  body gt   lt  html gt    gt

User · Answer

lt  php echo APP TITLE  gt  -  lt  php echo  page title   gt     this should work fine for you

User · Answer

header php has the title tag set to  lt title gt  TITLE  lt  title gt   the     are important since hardly anyone types  TITLE  so u can use that for str replace   later  then  you use output buffer like so   lt  php ob start    include  header php     buffer ob get contents    ob end clean     buffer str replace   TITLE    NEW TITLE   buffer   echo  buffer    gt    For more reference  click PHP - how to change title of the page AFTER including header php

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Move the data retrieval at the top of the script  and after that use    lt title gt Ultan me -  lt  php echo htmlspecialchars  title  ENT QUOTES   UTF-8      gt  lt  title gt

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It ll be tricky to rearrange your code to make this work  but I ll try      So  put this at the top of your code     lt  php require once  mysql php      gt    The top of the file should look like     lt  php require once  mysql php      gt   lt html gt       lt head gt        lt meta name  keywords  content  Mac user Ultan Casey TheCompuGeeks UltanKC  gt       lt title gt Ultan me -  lt  php echo htmlspecialchars  title     gt   lt  title gt    Then  create a file called mysql php in the same directory that the file which contains the code you quoted is in    Put this is mysql php     lt  php mysql connect   localhost    root    root    mysql select db   ultankc     if   isset   GET  id        is numeric   GET  id           die  Invalid ID specified         id    int   GET  id     sql    SELECT   FROM php blog WHERE id   id  LIMIT 1     result   mysql query  sql  or print   Can t select entry from table php blog  lt br   gt            sql     lt br   gt     mysql error       res   mysql fetch assoc  result      date   date  l F d Y    res  timestamp      title    res  title     entry    res  entry     get categories   mysql query  SELECT   FROM php blog categories WHERE  category id     res  category       category   mysql fetch array  get categories      gt    Well  hope that helped

User · Answer

You need to set the value of  title before echoing it    Also  you should really sanitize any data before using it in queries as this is a security risk

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You parse the field from the database as usual   Then let s say you put it in a variable called  title  you just   lt html gt   lt head gt   lt title gt Ultan me -  lt  php echo htmlspecialchars  title    gt  lt  title gt   lt  head gt    EDIT   I see your problem  You have to set  title BEFORE using it  That is  you should query the database before  lt title gt

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create a new page php and add this code    x000D   x000D   lt  php x000D  function ch title  title   x000D       output   ob get contents    x000D      if   ob get length    gt  0    ob end clean      x000D       patterns   array    lt title gt       lt   title gt      x000D       replacements   array   lt title gt  title lt  title gt     x000D       output   preg replace  patterns   replacements  output   x000D      echo  output  x000D    x000D    gt  x000D   x000D   x000D    in  lt head gt  add code   lt  php require  page php    gt  and on each page you call the function ch title  my title

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The problem is that  title is being referenced on line 5 before it s being assigned on line 58  Rearranging your code isn t easy  because the data is both retrieved and output at the same time  Just to test  how does something like this work   Because you re only retrieving one row  you don t need to use a while loop  but I left it with hopes that it ll make it easier for you to relate to your current code  All I ve done is removed the actual output from your data retrieval  and added variables for category and category name which are then referred to as usual later on  Also  I haven t tested this

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Simply add  title variable before require function   lt  php      title    Your title goes here       require  header php        gt    header php   lt title gt  lt  php echo  title    gt  lt  title gt

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if you want to current script filename as your title tag   include the function in your project  function setTitle  requestUri                          explodeRequestUri   explode       requestUri                currentFileName   end  explodeRequestUri                withoutExt   preg replace           s  3 4           currentFileName                explodeCurrentFileName   explode  -    withoutExt               foreach   explodeCurrentFileName as  curFileValue                                 fileArrayName     ucfirst  curFileValue                             echo implode       fileArrayName                 and in your html include the function script and replace your title tag with this   lt title gt Your Project Name -              lt  php setTitle   SERVER  REQUEST URI       gt           lt  title gt    it works on php7 and above but i dont have any idea about php 5   Hope it helps

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What about using something like    lt  php       page title    Your page tile       include  navigation php                   if required     echo   lt title gt  page title lt  title gt       gt

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I know this is an old post but having read this I think this solution is much simpler  though technically it solves the problem with Javascript not PHP         lt html gt       lt head gt       lt title gt Ultan me - Unset lt  title gt       lt script type  text javascript  gt          function setTitle  text                 document title   text                 lt  script gt       lt  -- other head info -- gt       lt  head gt        lt  php         Make the call to the DB to get the title text  See OP post for example      title text    Ultan me - DB Title           Use body onload to set the title of the page     print   lt body onload   setTitle    title text         gt            Rest of your code here     print   lt p gt Either use php to print stuff lt  p gt          gt       lt p gt or just drop in and out of php lt  p gt       lt  php         close the html page     print   lt  body gt  lt  html gt          gt

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Here s the method I use  for similar things  not just title     lt   ob start        Buffer output   gt   lt  DOCTYPE html PUBLIC  -  W3C  DTD XHTML 1 0 Strict  EN   http   www w3 org TR xhtml1 DTD xhtml1-strict dtd  gt   lt html xmlns  http   www w3 org 1999 xhtml  xml lang  en  gt    lt head gt   lt title gt  lt  --TITLE-- gt  lt  title gt   lt  head gt    lt body gt   lt    pageTitle    Title of Page      Call this in your pages  files to define the page title   gt   lt  body gt   lt  html gt   lt    pageContents   ob get contents        Get all the page s HTML into a string ob end clean        Wipe the buffer     Replace  lt  --TITLE-- gt  with  pageTitle variable contents  and print the HTML echo str replace    lt  --TITLE-- gt     pageTitle   pageContents     gt    PHP usually works be executing any bits of code and printing all output directly to the browser  If you say  echo  Some text here      that string will get sent the browser and is emptied from memory   What output buffering does is say  Print all output to a buffer  Hold onto it  Don t send ANYTHING to the browser until I tell you to    So what this does is it buffers all your pages  HTML into the buffer  then at the very end  after the  tag  it uses ob get contents    to get the contents of the buffer  which is usually all your page s HTML source code which would have been sent the browser already  and puts that into a string   ob end clean    empties the buffer and frees some memory  We don t need the source code anymore because we just stored it in  pageContents   Then  lastly  I do a simple find  amp  replace on your page s source code   pageContents  for any instances of    and replace them to whatever the  pageTitle variable was set to  Of course  it will then replace  lt title gt  lt  --TITLE-- gt  lt  title gt  with Your Page s Title  After that  I echo the  pageContents  just like the browser would have   It effectively holds onto output so you can manipulate it before sending it to the browser   Hopefully my comments are clear enough  Look up ob start    in the php manual   http   php net ob start   if you want to know exactly how that works  and you should

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