changing include files

[abda53]

is there a way to change the include file, say with a popup or radio button?

i have a include file that contains a query for * (male and female).. is there a way i can make a pull down to change the include file to a similar include but has a query of say just males or females?

[GBahle]

hm, please clarify, you wrote this include? or you're linking to it and it lies within your site? Or on another server?
That is, can you modify the code inside?

<>Gernot<>

[Smifffy]

you could try something like a form to choose the male/female (input name = gender) submits it to a page with this at the very top

<?
setcookie (gender, $gender, time + 36000)
?>

something like that will work

[GBahle]

😉 I still dont understand the basic question 😉

[abda53]

well heres the thing..
i got a index.php3 file.. which has the include file at the top (file is in the same folder/same server)

i dont want to make a whole new index file that links the new include file, i shouldnt have to do that. and if i did id have to change a bunch of other pages for my page to work.

im running a image voting page on my site
(http://www.abda53.com/vote)
right now all the images show up randomly, with all males and females.. i want to have the option of looking only at males or only at females.. the query part for the page resides in the include file, which if i can change the include file, it should fix this

[GBahle]

I got it now. Well, an include does nothing else than add anything within the file (php code included) directly into the including page. This means that you can use any variables from the included file in your calling file.
Interestingly, the opposite is also true. Which means if you have a file "testInclude.php" which reads like

<?php
   echo "$inheritedVar";
?>

and include it in the following snippet

<?php
  $inheritedVar = "print this out";
   include("testInclude.php");
?>

it would actually write "print this out" though you never set the variable in the include file.

Pertaining to your problem. Simply add a variable $gender to your index.php3 (before the include directive) and in your include file simply do an if ($gender == "male") { //display males } else if ($gender == female) { //display females) ...
You could also populate the variable from a query string or sth.
You should check isset($gender) in the include to avoid errors; maybe sth like this: $gender = isset($gender) ? $gender : "females";

Hope that helps
G.

[abda53]

how would i integrate that with a pulldown?

[Weedpacket]

switch(pulldown value)
{
case 1:
{   include 'include_1.php';
    break;
}
case 2:
{   include 'include_2.php';
    break;
}
case etc:
{   include 'include_etc.php';
    break;
}
}

[jc94062]

case etc:
{

include 'include_etc.php';
break;
}

case etc:
{  

    include 'include_etc.php';
    break;
}
default : include 'default_file.php';

🙂

[abda53]

ok.. im tryin this.. not getting it. heres what i got so far..

this part is at the top
<?
include("config.php3"); // other include file
switch(form)
{
case 1:
{ include 'prepf.php3';
break;
}
case 2:
{ include 'prepm.php3';
break;
}
case etc:
{

include 'prep.php3';
break;
}
default : include 'prep.php3';
}
?>
i dont even know if thats right.. i dont think i need the case etc if i only got 2 options in the pulldown..

and then for the pull down menu im not getting on how to make it to work with the switch... 🙁

[DigitalExpl0it]

<?
if ($val1 == "page1") {
header(Location: [url]http://www.yahoo.com/joe2.php[/url]);
} elseif ($val1 == "page2") {
header(Location: joe.php);
} elseif ($val1 == "page3") {
header(Location: [url]http://www.yahoo.com[/url]);
} else {
?>
...///Form here\\\...
<?
}

?>

humm thinking somthing like that??

[abda53]

that one just confused me even more.. hehe

i think jc and weed is on the right path on what im lookin for.. im just confused on how to get the dropdown table to work with the switch(form) part..

[jc94062]

Well firstly if/else and switch statements are basically the same.

Just for lots of options I find (as do most people that I know) switch ones easier to use. They are no faster, as far as I know, the guy who told me there was no speed difference isn't the most reliable source.

switch is also more useful in some cases, but I won't go into that at this time.

"case etc"... was is an example, ie: "and so on"

You only need as many numbers as there are options...

But Weedpacket didn't sit there writing out two hundred examples for obvious reasons.

If you have 2 options in the pull down the PHP you want is

<? 
include("config.php3"); // other include file 
switch(form) 
{ 
   case 1: include 'prepf.php3'; break; 
   case 2: include 'prepm.php3'; break;
   default : include 'prep.php3'; 
} 
?>

(I never bother with brackets myself)

You need default in case the case isn't 1 or 2, it doesn't matter if its impossible to get something thats not in a case, PHP will error out if you don't have a default in there.

For the pull down just do a standard form and table design with a select box in there... Thats basic HTML.

<form ...
<table ...
<tr>
<td>
<select option='form>
<option value='1'>1st Option Text</option>

and so forth...

[abda53]

ok.. im feeling like an idiot about now..
i got the code all in there.. and i can select the changes, like male or female, but its not making the change, and if it is making the change, then it doesnt keep the change to the next image...

heres what i got..

<?
include("config.php3");
switch(form)
{
case 1: include 'prepf.php3';
break;
case 2: include 'prepm.php3';
break;
default : include 'prep.php3';
}

//and then later on...

print "<form>";
print "<select option='form'>";
print "<option value='1'>Females Only</option>";
print "<option value='2'>Males Only</option>";
print "</select>";
print "<INPUT TYPE=\"SUBMIT\" VALUE=\"Go\"></form>";

?>

would i have to make a change with cookies as far as it remembering what my options were? how would i do that?

if you want to see what im talking about.. heres the link..
http://www.abda53.com/vote its on the bottom part of the left side of the page

[jc94062]

You really need to start reading help guides and tutorials etc...

1. <select name='form'>
2. <form> ??? Try <form action=something method=something>

Okay, so I messed up with the code for #1 above, but I was in kinda of a hurry and assumed you knew what a standard form looked like.

And for #2, something isn't whats meant to be in there, just in case.

[dwalker]

You could also try passing a parameter to the next page and change the include based on the contents of the parameter:

***this code is located in PAGE1

<select name="listofstuff">
<option value="1">item1</option>
<option value="2">item2</option>
<option value="3">item3</option>
</select>

complete the rest of the form
.
.
.

then some how pass the listofstuff as variable to PAGE2

this code is located in PAGE2
(note🙂 test the contents of the variable and provide
appropriate include file. This method may become a little convoluted as the number of possibles increase for the variable
the include statements only execute if the preceeding IF statements are true. The nice thing about it is: it is easier to understand and work with than a nested IF ELSE or ELSEIF statements

<?php if ($my_variable=="1"):
<?php include(".././filename1.html");?>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php if ($my_variable=="2"): ?>
<?php include(".././filename2.html");?>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php if ($my_variable=="3"):
<?php include(".././filename3.html");?>
<?php endif; ?>

I just learned this the other day.