My EJS include causes error in my express app.

Question

I am trying to make my site more component based using includes in my application but it just throws an error to the page when I reload it. I have tried:

<%=include _partials/site-head/site-head %>

And I have tried:

<%=include virtual="_partials/site-head/site-head" %>

Here is the code.

<%=include virtual="_partials/site-head/site-head" %>

    <h1><%= title %></h1>
    <% for(var i=0; i<userlist.length; i++) {%>
       <p><%= userlist[i].name %></p>
    <% } %>

<%=include virtual="_partials/site-foot/site-foot" %>

What is outputted in error? – vanadium23 Apr 30 '15 at 11:01 — vanadium23, Apr 30 '15 at 11:01
It just redirects me to my error ejs page. – MattClaff Apr 30 '15 at 11:02 — MattClaff, Apr 30 '15 at 11:02
Try <%- include _partials/site-head/site-head.ejs %> – vanadium23 Apr 30 '15 at 11:05 — vanadium23, Apr 30 '15 at 11:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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Tag <%= is used to output variables, for code need to use <%- %>. So to include views you need to write like this:

<%- include _partials/site-head/site-head.ejs %>

    <h1><%= title %></h1>
    <% for(var i=0; i<userlist.length; i++) {%>
       <p><%= userlist[i].name %></p>
    <% } %>

<%- include _partials/site-head/site-foot.ejs %>

My EJS include causes error in my express app.

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