PHP help -- new layout

[Danoz]

Hey everybody, I really need help with my new layout.here is the url (http://www.glasko.com/newlayout/)-- you can go ahead and comment on the visuals, but at think point I'm more concerned with the basic coding I need to achieve the final goal. What I'm trying to do is to be able to simply switch the include when I change links. Obviously I've already got this working (minus the <>);

?php include("mainpage.htm"); ?

But how would I get that to change with a simple "$id=page" for a link? I'm assuming it would be an "elseif" command (forgive the limited knowledge. I have a vague understanding of IF and ELSE commands from basic game design.) I've been running through many tutorials, but I can't seem to find the code to make this happen.

Thanks for your help!

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[juggaleaux]

all your links should point like this: a href=nameoftemplate.php?section=poetry

Your dollar signs will go in the code:

if ($section == "poetry") { include("poetry.htm"); };

I'm a little rusty on php, but it's something like that. Basically, you'll only have one template file with the design, and a bunch of basic files that will have the content of each section. In the code where the content section is to be loaded is where you'll throw those if's.


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[CEpeep]

You could always use iframes, which unless your target audience uses Netscape 4, are a good choice. Then you can simply specify the name of your iframe in the anchor tag.

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[Danoz]

Hrm... but where wouldI place that code? After the first include?

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[CEpeep]

> Hrm... but where wouldI place that code? After the first
> include?
>

You want to do that before any of your includes. Be sure to use ?php tags.


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[Ugly Joe]

> all your links should point like this: a
> href=nameoftemplate.php?section=poetry
>
> Your dollar signs will go in the code:
>
> if ($section == "poetry") { include("poetry.htm"); };

If that doesn't work, try $_GET['section'] instead of $section. If I recall correctly, some PHP configurations turn off that feature since it can be a potential security risk.

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[TheRobbit]

?php
if (!empty( $_GET['page'] ))
$page = $_GET['page'] ;
else
$page = '';
switch( $page )
{
default:
include 'main.htm';
break;

// begin main menu
case 'portfolio':
include 'portfolio.htm';
break;
(just repeat those three lines)
}
?

This is what I use for my pages


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[SwampGas]

register_globals was turned off long ago. That won't work...and if it does, you're exploitable.

Learning from w3 won't teach you anything, son.

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