HELP

[ereninan]

I couldn't still get an answer to my question and since I need the answer I am repeating it and I beg your pardon.

Think about a link. starting with "<a href=..." and assume that this link is in the window of a table defined by the html code "<table...." . Now, I am trying to do something like this: When the user clicks on the link defined above, I want to include a file in the same window that link exists. And if possible I want to link to stay there and if teh user clicks on it again I want the included file to dissapear. A simple toggling operation.

Can I do this? And if yes, how?

[Anon]

Well yes you can. You could use sessions here to store the value $toggled, true or false, then in your file:

//check if user used the link, do not forget to make that $toggle global if you have it inside a function/method.

if($toggled)
include("whateverfile.txt");

Dont know if this is what u want to do.

cheers.

[ereninan]

yes infact I want a toggling but I need nearly twenty of these in a file and also I don't know how to use it by a link. i.e. what should I write to the link part starting with "<a href=..."?

tahnk you.

[rbenfield]

You can just use

"<a href=\"$PHP_SELF?toggled=value\">"

Then check the variable $toggled to see what the value is.

Hope that helps,
Richard

[Anon]

Well I've made a simple script here (use your includes where I output the texts):

--- start test.php ----

<?php
session_start();
if(!isset($TOGGLED)) {
session_register('TOGGLED');
$TOGGLED = array();
$TOGGLED[] = "Toggled Values";
}
if(isset($toggle)) {
$result = array_search($toggle, $TOGGLED);
if($result = array_search($toggle, $TOGGLED)) {
$tmparray = array_slice($TOGGLED, 0, $result);
if(count($TOGGLED) > $result) {
$tmparray2 = array_slice($TOGGLED,$result+1, count($TOGGLED));
$TOGGLED = array_merge($tmparray, $tmparray2);
} else
$TOGGLED = $tmparray;
} else {
$TOGGLED[] = $toggle;
}
}

$text1 = "Here is text 1.";

$text2 = "Here is text 2.";

echo "<pre>\n";
print_r($TOGGLED);
echo "</pre>\n";

?>

<table>
<tr>
<td>
<?php
echo "<a href=test.php?toggle=1>toggle1</a>";
?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<?php
echo "<a href=test.php?toggle=2>toggle2</a>";
?>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?php if(array_search(1, $TOGGLED)) echo "<br>".$text1."<br>"; ?> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?php if(array_search(2, $TOGGLED)) echo "<br>".$text2."<br>"; ?> </td>
</tr>
</table>

---- end test.php ----

Hope that helps.

Cheers.

[ereninan]

I used

$toggled=0;
echo('
<a href=\"$PHP_SELF?toggled=value\">link</a>
');
print $toggled;

but it didn't work. It gave the error 404.

and it gave

http://kinodelia.fisek.com.tr/bilet/$PHP_SELF?toggled=value

on the browser window.

I tried ' instead orf " but it neither worked.

[ereninan]

IT WORKED! IT WORKED!

Thank you very much.

[rbenfield]

hmmm, should have worked. I guess you already have it worked out. If you want to get this to work or for future reference note the following...

1) dont do the "$toggled=0;" it will reset the value you pass to 0.

2) if the $PHP_SELF didnt work you can try it like this

echo('<a href=\"".$PHP_SELF?toggled=value."\">link</a>');
print $toggled;

Regards,
Richard