Fetch page title/categories using PHP

Hi all,
I need to be able to dynamically fetch the page title and category of the flexicontent page that the end user is accessing, so that I can use them in a module I am working on.
I found this solution but it didn't work:
.....<?php
$mydoc =& JFactory::getDocument();
$mytitle = $mydoc->getTitle();
?>
in the index file of the joomla template and
<?php echo $mytitle; ?>
Where I wanted to insert the page title.....

Am I right in assuming that I need to use some other method to fetch the page title and category, if so can you steer me in the right direction.
Cheers for your time,
Dominic

For anyone else that is searching on the boards I solved this by using this code:
<?php $doc =& JFactory::getDocument();
echo '' . $doc->getTitle(); ?>
I'm not really a coder at all so am not even on the first rung,
Merci chef,
Dominic

thanks for this return