page=name

[Legendary SSJ Goku]

Hey,
Since this is the General Programming forum, i presume that it is fine to ask about a code for a website here...

Anyway... I have learnt HTML, Javascript, CSS and quite a bit of PHP, so please when you answer don't say i'm inexperienced and i shuold go back to learning HTML or JS.


Ok, anyway, enought chit chat and to my question.



QUESTION: I have decided to put everything i have learnt so far into a web site that i am currently making, just to see how much i know well. anyway, i have decided to link the pages with page=pagename so the the directory looks like www.domainnamehere.com/index.php?page=pagenamehere. (like how here it is .com/index.cgi?board=boardname, but i am doing index.php?page=pagename). Now what i want to know is what do i name the file... just say i want it to be www.domainnamehere.com/index.php?page=abcdef what do i call abcdef...

I can remember being told it somwhere, but i can't find the site or anything as my computer has been wiped.


Please could you help me at this one simple thing, because all i have the codes left, (which i copied over to my USB before it got wiped, so please can someone help me)!


Thanks...

[It's me again]

Well, I do it like...

say the URL is yoursite.com/index.php?action=register

I do:

<?php
$action = $_GET['action'];
if($action == register)
{
include("FILE_NAME.html");
}
else
{
echo "Page does not exist...";
}
?>

[Legendary SSJ Goku]

like what do you mean?

Where do i put that??

Please and thanks... pleas help

[It's me again]

<?php
// This gets the url so it goes action=register
$action = $_GET['action'];
// If the url is yoursite.com/index.php?action=register
if($action == register)
{
// Include this file if the url is index.php?action=register
include("FILE_NAME.html");
}
// Else, if someone types in something different display error
else
{
echo "Page does not exist...";
}
?>

---

Read comments //... See from my understanding, you are wanting to use the index.php?action=Pro and half each "Action" display a different page.

[Bradley]

Here's a slightly different way. It's more organized when using a lot of pages:

<?php

// declare and set varibles
$page = $_GET['page'];
$inc;

// check for no value of page and set to home
if($page === null){
	$page = "home";
}

// use switch statment for page varible and
// for each posssible page add a case section
switch ($page) {
	// for the home page
	case "home": 
		// file to include with home page code and/or text
		$inc = "pages/home.php"; 
		// prevent the code from running into the next case
		break;
	case "page1": 
		$inc = "pages/page1.php"; 
		break;
	case "page2": 
		$inc = "pages/page2.php"; 
		break;
	// for anything else entered display error or main
	default: 
		$inc = "pages/error.php"; 
		break;
}

// include the file into the current page
require($inc);

?>

[bile]

There is a message board for this kind of thing forums.webdeveloper.com

[It's me again]

bile said:

There is a message board for this kind of thing forums.webdeveloper.com

PHP is also a part of "Code Support"

ccworldwebmaster said:

Here's a slightly different way. It's more organized when using a lot of pages:

<?php

// declare and set varibles
$page = $_GET['page'];
$inc;

// check for no value of page and set to home
if($page === null){
	$page = "home";
}

// use switch statment for page varible and
// for each posssible page add a case section
switch ($page) {
	// for the home page
	case "home": 
		// file to include with home page code and/or text
		$inc = "pages/home.php"; 
		// prevent the code from running into the next case
		break;
	case "page1": 
		$inc = "pages/page1.php"; 
		break;
	case "page2": 
		$inc = "pages/page2.php"; 
		break;
	// for anything else entered display error or main
	default: 
		$inc = "pages/error.php"; 
		break;
}

// include the file into the current page
require($inc);

?>

Probably so, I just like using it how I do.

[Legendary SSJ Goku]

i know how ti works... but i just want to know one thing...

Where do i put it? Do i put it instead of <a href............... or what?


Also, last time i used include it includes a file for example i used it to include a nav menu...

But i want it to go to a new page in the same window, like when you are at www.support.proboards.com and you click General Talk, it changes everything...

[california]

Just use <a href="/index.php?page=blah">blah</a> in your navigation.

[Peter]

bile said:

There is a message board for this kind of thing forums.webdeveloper.com

Please don't send people somewhere else when they can make use of this board, it's what it is for.

[Legendary SSJ Goku]

ok.......

and back ontopic.... help please!

[Peter]

What do you need help with now?

Cali has answered your last question.

[Legendary SSJ Goku]

the 1st one...

i know i do the thanks to cali....!

But does that make it work, or what, are you saying that if i have a file called abcd which is a _______ file type, i should just put the following in as a line of code <a href="/index.php?page=blah">blah</a> then if i have another page in the same folder calld blah which is a _______ file, it should work....



Just fill in the underlines..... that's what i'm asking... i just need to know the file types and to know if that will work



P.S. thanks so far cali...

[california]

1) You mean the index file? It needs to be a PHP file i.e. index.php
2) HTML or PHP, depending on the content. In the CCWorld's code, see this line:

$inc = "pages/page2.php";

that calls for a PHP file in the subdirectory "pages". You could just as easily make in an HTML file, or you can have a PHP file that writes HTML. Doesn't matter.

[Legendary SSJ Goku]

a php file that writews HTML.... how.... sorry... i'm still learning as much as possible, so anything that ssounds different i like to learn!

How do i use html in a php file