site structure

[Anon]

hi, im sort of a newbie with php, and couldnt find anything about site structures. this is what i mean :

on professional sites that use php and you view the pages, you somethimes see http://www.blah.com/index.php?page=news
and another link leads to
http://www.blah.com/index.php?page=bla
then u see the bla page
are they using variables here ? like

<layout>

<introduction page> (when u go to index.php)

if ($page == news) {
echo "
news
";
}
if ($page == bla) {
echo "
bla
";
}

<end layout>

or is there a more effective way to do this?

i hope you understand what i mean

[amcgrath]

either that, or using includes, an array prepended, etc... there are a couple ways to do this (gets complicated as the site grows....)

[knickerlas]

There are'nt really more effecrive ways of doing it but there are certainly different ways.

You may find this link useful

http://www.explodingnet.com/articles/latest/6

If you do then come back here and ask about anything you don't get or mail me and I'll try to answer though opening the Q to everyone would be most effective.

Good luck

Nick

[Anon]

thanks for the help

i get it now :-)

[Anon]

I was wondering how you make a script
index.php?page=news
how do you make that go into a certain cell of a table, delete all other content in the same cell, and have news.php's content show up in the same cell?