PHP Newbie Needs Help!

sjslovechild

Hi All

I have a time critical situation here. And I'm pretty much lost.=)

Here's the deal. I have ASP page I have to translate into PHP. The ASP code does two things.

it looks at the Browser type and adjusts a frames width based on the result.
it passes a variable to get a certain page to load in a frameset. This variable is coming from a imagemap and appears in the address bar when the mouse click is made on the imagemap.

I hope this is enough information so someone can understand the problem.

Thanks Ahead of time.

Anon

Post the PHP you have started and then specify what problem you are having. I will be glad to HELP you, not do it for you as would most of the people on this forum.

sjslovechild

I am so bad at this I'm embarrassed to Post it.

Thanks for any help you can give.

//The Below is the my PHP Code.

<?php
$strWhichPage = Request.QueryString("body")
if $strWhichPage = NULL or $strWhichPage = "" then $strWhichPage = "aboutUs.htm"

//The above is telling is trying to Identify the variable and it is in turn passed to the html link below.

intRowSize = 80 assume IE, change for netscape
set $oBc = Server.CreateObject("MSWC.BrowserType")
if $oBc.browser = "mozilla" OR $oBc.browser = "Default" then intRowSize = 79
$oBc.Close
set $oBc = Nothing

//The above is trying to Identify the browser and adjust a frameset accordingly.
?>

<head>
<title>Company X</title>
</head>

<frameset rows="<?php intRowSize ?>,,43" border=0 frameborder=0>
<frame name="TopFrame" src="topFrame.htm" marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 scrolling=no>
<frameset cols=",13" border=0 frameborder=0>
<frame name="MainFrame" src="<?php strWhichPage ?>" marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 scrolling=auto>
<frame name="RightFrame" src="rightFrame.htm" marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 scrolling=no>
</frameset>
<frame name="MenuFrame" src="menu.htm" marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 scrolling=no>
</frameset>

//The Below is the Original ASP Code.

<%@ Language=VBScript %>

<% on error resume next %>

Dim strWhichPage
Dim intRowSize
Dim oBc

strWhichPage = Request.QueryString("body")
if strWhichPage = NULL or strWhichPage = "" then strWhichPage = "aboutUs.htm"

intRowSize = 80 'assume IE, change for netscape
set oBc = Server.CreateObject("MSWC.BrowserType")
if oBc.browser = "Netscape" OR oBc.browser = "Default" then intRowSize = 79
oBc.Close
set oBc = Nothing
%>

<head>
<title>Company X</title>
</head>

<frameset rows="<%= intRowSize %>,,43" border=0 frameborder=0>
<frame name="TopFrame" src="topFrame.htm" marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 scrolling=no>
<frameset cols=",13" border=0 frameborder=0>
<frame name="MainFrame" src="<%= strWhichPage %>" marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 scrolling=auto>
<frame name="RightFrame" src="rightFrame.htm" marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 scrolling=no>
</frameset>
<frame name="MenuFrame" src="menu.htm" marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 scrolling=no>
</frameset>

sjslovechild

The below piece of code is taking a string that is begin passed from a image imap and making $strWhichPage equal to it.

$strWhichPage = Request.QueryString("body")
if $strWhichPage = NULL or $strWhichPage = "" then $strWhichPage = "aboutUs.htm"

How is the String passed to $strWhichPage in PHP?

Thanks

Anon

identifying a browser and adjusting frameset, this works for ie and netscape, if it's not either of them it says "other"

<?
//BROWSER CHECK
if((ereg("Nav", getenv("HTTP_USER_AGENT"))) || (ereg("Gold", getenv("HTTP_USER_AGENT"))) || (ereg("X11", getenv("HTTP_USER_AGENT"))) || (ereg("Mozilla", getenv("HTTP_USER_AGENT"))) || (ereg("Netscape", getenv("HTTP_USER_AGENT"))) AND (!ereg("MSIE", getenv("HTTP_USER_AGENT")))) $browser = "ns";
elseif(ereg("MSIE", getenv("HTTP_USER_AGENT"))) $browser = "ie";
else $browser = "Other";
//BROWSER CHECK
?>

stick this in an include file or on top of the page

then

if ($browser == "ns") { $framewidth = "10"; }
else if ($browser == "ie") { $framewidth = "20"; }
else { $framewidth = "30"; }

then where you specify the frameset
<frameset cols="<? echo $framewidth; ?> etc. etc.>

Your frameset will adjust itself depending on which browser you use.