if($page) - problem

[phillip-berlin]

i tried this code from the princess ... my problem:
the if case never occurs 🙁
it is allway the else part ...
i made a version2 directory and put several textfiles in it
and then tried several methods to "call" them via the url/link

i have this problem in another code sample to .. seems to me
the "if($something) is not interpreted correctly ....

uhm .. i'm a newb .. is it possible that i installed php wrong?
could you show me how to "call" it correctly please

its ie6.0, ms$iis, mysql, php, myphp

<?PHP

// Sample script written by Daynah
// PHP-Princess.net

// Where all your text files are located at
$directory = './version2/';

// If the variable exists
// Example: If the url is index.php?page=aboutme

if($page)
{
       // Does the file $directory/$page.txt exist?
       if(is_file("$directory$page.txt"))
               include("$directory$page.txt");
       else
               print "Sorry, this page does not exist";
}

// If the page is just called as index.php
// Then just include the default main.txt page
else
{
       $mypage = 'main.txt';
	   echo  "$page";
       include("$directory$mypage");
}
?>

[bernouli]

where do you get your $page? from POST or GET? or somewhere?

[phillip-berlin]

well i'm a newb .. thought:
http://server/index.php?page=aboutme

would try to open a yboutme.txt in http://server/version2 directory

please let me know if that is not the case

[bernouli]

so try

if($_GET['page'])

[rIkLuNd]

or

if($HTTP_GET_VARS['page'])...

[phillip-berlin]

well ... i couldn't manage it

i don't think

if($_GET['page'])

sets the text after ?page=test (test)
as a string page wich contains "test"

well more and more questions comming up
and i don't want to waste your time with
too silly questions ...

i will have a look at selfphp and come back 🙂

[phillip-berlin]

back again 🙂

// post.php
<FORM ACTION="daynah.php" METHOD="POST">
        <INPUT NAME="page">
        <INPUT TYPE="submit">
</FORM>


// daynah.php
<?PHP

// Where all your text files are located at
$directory = './version2/';

// If the variable exists
// Example: if you wrote "aboutme" in the textbox "page" in post.php

$a = $HTTP_POST_VARS["page"];

if($a)
{
       // Does the file $directory/$page.txt exist?
       if(is_file("$directory$a.txt"))
               include("$directory$a.txt");
       else
               print "Sorry, this page does not exist";
}

// If you did not write something in post.php
// Then just include the default main.txt page
else
{
       $mypage = 'main.txt';
	   echo  "$page";
       include("$directory$mypage");
}
?>

well ... i have a lot to learn 🙂 - but at least the platform (apache etc.) works now