including-1-file-among-2-file

I do apologize for asking this stupid question but I am wondering if you can help me..

i want insert among file $cat1 or $cat2 to in page.php... the code i was create e.g.

<? //config.php
$cat_all = ($cat2 or $cat1); //<-----//
$cat1 = "cat.php" ;
$cat2 = "../back-up/cat.php"; //default
if(file_exists($cat1)){
    require_once $cat1;
}else{
    require_once $cat2;
}
?>

<? //page.php
require "config.php";
function ShowIndexProd($number){
    $ar = file($cat_all); // <------- input here //
    $sizear = count($ar)-$number;
    $data = explode("#",$ar[$sizear]);
    echo "
    <td class='BoxIndex' width='30%'><a href='prod_show.php?id=$sizear'><IMG SRC='img/$data[5]' width=150 border=0></a> <BR /><BR />
        <B><FONT COLOR='red'> $deti[2] </FONT></B> <BR />
        <B>Price:</B>$rp $data[3] $usd<BR />
        <a href='prodshow.php?id=$sizear'><b><FONT COLOR='#FF6600'> more details... </FONT></b></a>
    </td>";
}

PHP:

but the result: file $cat1 or $cat2 printed to html page, that i want them as file configuration.. any help would much appreciate and thank you

 

Your question is not too clear.
Also the code you pasted have some errors.

$cat_all = ($cat2 or $cat1); //<-----//
$cat1 = "cat.php" ;
$cat2 = "../back-up/cat.php"; //default

PHP:

You try to "$cat2 or $cat1" but they are not initialized at that position....

 

I dont t hink

$cat_all = ($cat2 or $cat1); this is gonna work

because you have || instead of or in php

Try changing this

 

"||" and "or" work identically in that line.

They are both wrong, though, as the code makes no sense that way. However, I can't even begin to answer the question, because the way it was written makes no sense, and the rest of the code makes very little sense as well.

Perhaps s.jns would care to come back and explain in English what he is trying to do.