Having trouble linking...

shapiro125

If I have a URL

ex. /test.php&page=1

how can I define page "1" so that it will display page "1"?

xmatthawkx

Firstly, you need to change the & to a ?.

Then: test.php will recognize "page" as $page, so from there you can do whatever you need to do. When test.php?page=4, test.php's $page variable will equal 4.

Hope this helps!

shapiro125

But if the $page variable equals 4, how will I be able to have a specific web page that 4 will represent?

ex:
http://www.phpbuilder.com/forum/read.php3?num=2
$num = 2 would take me to the home page or something

Anon

Using the value of $page, send a header to redirect the browser to the appropriate page:

--------8<--test.php----------
...
if($page==1)
{ header("Location:page2.php");
}
...
if($page==4)
{ header("Location:page4.php");
}

...

It almost goes without saying that test.php shouldn't output anything at least until after these redirections have been handled.

shapiro125

is there any way to get the page to show up in the address bar as test.php?page=1 instead of just redirecting to page1.php?

xmatthawkx

Simply link to whatever page it is that you want to display.

shapiro125

As in the site:
http://www.phpbuilder.com/forum/read.php3?num=2&id=172456&thread=172363

the variables are after the read.php3. Instead of just having test.php?page=1 redirect to page1.php, how can I have test.php?page=1 display page1.php without changing what's in the address bar?

Anon

Okay, if you don't actually want redirection, then just as I said before, but with include() instead of header().

And for safety's sake, replace the second if and those following it with elseif.