linking (including) within a page

sugradh

probably a stupid question...going to ask it anyway.

I have an index.php file where visitors to my site arrive first.
I would like to put in that file a list of links (like a navigation menu) which, when clicked, include a php file on a given place on my index.php page. (to the right of my menu list)

is this possible?

Sugradh

empnorton

I am not sure what you are looking for exactly. Do you want to do this without reloading the page? Is this something that can be accomplised using a frame or a layer?

sugradh

My webpage consists of a php file called index.php. In this file a header.php and a footer.php are included. What I want to do is put an include command on the index.php page that includes an other php page, but only when a link is clicked by the visitor. (unlike the header and footer which are included allready when the page loads.

Kerry_Kobashi

Your question doesn't have anything to do with PHP. This is an HTML/Css issue.

I'd suggest looking at a few HTML frames tutorials:

http://www.pagetutor.com/pagetutor/frames/
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/frames.html

CSS tutorials:
http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/

Kerry Kobashi
Kobashi Computing

herve

Hi,

even if I think it's a bit strange do do such a thing, you can do that :

in your index.php :

// where you want the file to be included :

if ($special_link == 1)
{
include ('my_special_file.php');
}

// and the hyper-link

print"<A HREF=\ "index.php?special_link=1\"> click here </A>";

That way, you are calling yourself (index.php), but this time with a special parameter set to 1, son you can distinguish the two
cases, with or without (normal case, the first time) the parameter.

PS: Use

if ( $_GET['special_link'] == 1)

instead of

if ($special_link == 1)

if you PHP engine is recent ( 4.2.x )

Hervé.

sugradh

thanx!

I know it is a bit odd, but Im just experimenting...