all one page?

Anon

I have noticed on some sites all the links look go to an address like this:

http://www.address.com/index.php/1
http://www.address.com/index.php/2
http://www.address.com/index.php/3
http://www.address.com/index.php/4

to do this does it mean that i only have to create one page (index.php) and have all the different pages on this one php file?

can someone tell me how to do this?
thanks

Anon

You need to use includes on the index page:

Do something like this for your index page.

$page = trim($page);

switch($page){
case "copyright":
include('./pages/copyright.php');
break;
default:
include('./pages/default.php');
break;
}

Then just put links in it like this:

<a href='./index.php?page=copyright'>copyright</a>

That should be all you need to know to get started.

Anon

Thanks, but i have a couple of questions..

1) Where do i put this code:

$page = trim($page);

switch($page){
case "copyright":
include('./pages/copyright.php');
break;
default:
include('./pages/default.php');
break;
}

2) Do i need to create pages "copyright.php" and "default.php" and have them as the copyright page and the default page?

sorry for the questions, i'm new to PHP and i want to learn it..

Anon

You're including (bringing in) copyright.php and default.php. This code would be in a file all it's very own (index.php in the example). You could put the contents of copyright and default within index.php in place of the includes, esp. if the pages were short, or their content is controlled by variables (such as photo gallaries).