Help me make this happen please!

[fri]

I have this problem. I want one php file to hold different HTML code without having to call the information from external files such as "inc" or such. I know this is possible because of the following. But, I want to be able to not just load two different things, but three or four. How can that be possible? The following code only loads lets say thefile.php loads the "default code here" code, and thefile.php?thespawned=yes will load "second code here". I want a third one on the same file dang it! Such as thefile.php?thespawned2=yes. Why isn't this possible if I add it next to the default code? If I add it and link it, it will display the default code and the "thespawned2" below it. Please help me! Thanks!

< ? {if(isset($thespawned)){echo "default code here";
}
else {
echo "default code here";
}
}
? >

< ? {

if(isset($thespawned)){
echo "second code here";
} else{echo "second code here";}
}
? >

NOTICE I ADDED SPACES TO THE CODE SO IT WONT RENDER OR SOMETHING

[sfhc]

If I understand what you are asking a different approach may help.
Use a switch statment
This is usually what I do when I have this situation
( but I use includes 😛 )

switch($someConditional){
 case "":
   // default code here
 break;

 case 1:
  // second code here 
 break;

 case 2:
  // third code here
 break;

 ..........

 default:
  // probly the default code again
 break;
}

[7khat]

If you are putting in large wads of html, use here docs to make your life easier. Observe:

Note: I use if for pretty much everything, but use switch if you think it's sexier.

<?php

if (!isset($page) || empty($page)) {
	$page = 1;
}

$next = $page + 1;
$prev = $page - 1;

if ($page == 1) {
	$prev = 1;
	print <<<EOQ
<b>Welcome to my fantastic website. This is the first page.</b><br>
Click <a href="page.php?page=$prev">here</a> to goto the previous page<br>
Click <a href="page.php?page=$next">here</a> to goto the next page<br>
My email: <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]</a>
EOQ;

} else {
	print <<<EOQ
<b>I am revolted to find out that you want to see more crappy pages! You are on page $page</b><br>
Click <a href="page.php?page=$prev">here</a> to goto the previous page<br>
Click <a href="page.php?page=$next">here</a> to goto the next page<br>
My email: <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]</a>
EOQ;

}

?>

You see, with here docs, you don't have to escape your quotation marks and it still parses basic variable names like php. Here docs are my friend 🙂
Here docs are only available on PHP4+

I never escape in and out of php and html except a few rare times.

[fri]

Fantastico! Thanks a bunch, you guys are the best!