pass url as variable

[AJParkinson]

Please help, php newbie...
How do I achieve the following (I've looked through threads on here and google - nothing has jumped out at me, but then again don't really know what I should be looking for...

I have a template page -> index.php
on this page are text links -> page1.php page2.php etc
also on this template page is a 'content' section where I (wish to) have an include -> <? include("clicked-link-variable.php") ?>

How do I get the template page to reload with the content 'include' name replaced with the link page name ???

i.e. click on page1.php link and template reloads with <? include("page1.php") ?> etc

any help greatly appreciated

Andrew

 

[vacunita]

Assuming your links look like this:

<a href="index.php?page=page1.php">

Then in the include part you would do something like:

if(isset($_GET['page']
{
include $_GET['page'];
}
else
{
include [green]your default page[/green].
}

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[AJParkinson]

Thanks vacunita for your quick reply, I've just tried the following -

<!-- in the links section: -->
<div id="links">
<a href="index.php?page=home.php">Home</a> <br> 
<a href="index.php?page=page1.php">Page 1</a> <br> 
<a href="index.php?page=page2.php">Page 2</a> <br>
etc
</div>

<!-- and in the content section: -->
<div id="content">
<?
if(isset($_GET['page']
{
include $_GET['page'];
}
else
{
include ("home.php")
}
?>

</div>

when I test this I get a parse error because of the ; on the

include $_GET['page'];

line.
I've tried removing it but get a different parse error - unexpected T_ELSE, expecting ',' or ')' on the

else

line.

can you give me any more help please?

Andrew

 

[Keendev]

1.
this results a page error as a url variable.
home.php">
page1.php">
page2.php">
don't use dot(.) in your url variable value.

2.
your if-else statement also results a page error ...
if(statement) ------> always close it.

hope that helps..

 

[vacunita]

First, the dot in the file name is irrelevant to the error because its just a string. The error is happening because you are not closing the IF statement.

<div id="content">
<?
if(isset($_GET['page'][red]))[/red] [green]Youi are missing 2 parenthesis here.[/green]
{
include $_GET['page'];
}
else
{
include ("home.php")
}
?>

</div>

The rest should work itself out.

----------------------------------
Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[AJParkinson]

Thanks vacunita (& wakeendev), got it going now.

Much appreciated

Andrew