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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Creating the Menu and Footer Using Variables for the Title Tag

Posted by Eric Rupert
Eric Rupert
4,229 Points

index.php doesn't define $pageTitle

I followed along and contact and shirts both displayed title correctly, but index.php will not. I cut my php $pageTitle and header include from contact.php (so index.php should also say "Contact Mike"), but, after saving, I get the title as

<br /> <b>Notice</b>:Undefined variable: pageTitle in <b> C:\xampp\htdocs\inc\header.php</b> on line <b> 3 </b> <br/>

Why doesn't index.php define $pageTitle?

2 Answers

Joedy Felts
Joedy Felts
3,981 Points
Joedy Felts
Joedy Felts
3,981 Points

Can you include the markup for index.php?

mikes02
PLUS
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Points
mikes02
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Points

Is your $pageTitle variable defined on the index.php page? It appears that it isn't since you are getting that error. If you share your code we can take a better look at the issue and help you address it, but make sure that at the top of your index.php file you have defined the $pageTitle variable.