using php for organization

sgtoutlaw

My site is at http://kinx.org/~spirit/aal/index2.php
And i wanna know how to use the php to input data from like txt files and all into my info section by the you know bla.php?bla=bla
I forgot how to do t and i feel very stupid but i had it working at one point. Look aty my source if needed

stick_figure

You want to read text files and something about GET variables? You can read files by doing some kind of include() or readfile() or fopen() thing.

As for GET variables, do you mean, how do you get them? It's stored in the array $HTTP_GET_VARS or $_GET if you have PHP 4.2+. I really don't know what you're asking though.

sgtoutlaw

I need script that will allow me to use the variable get function i believe to a certain part of my page using page as thew variable. The things that i am currently using are txt files which prolly have no use in even saying do to they are jsut what all i am pointing them out to. Go to my old site http://gfn.host.sk and click on liek the test links nad thats what i want but i cannot access my account tyhere for some reason and alot is messed up now so i moved and forgot how to do it

stick_figure

It doesn't change when I hit the links.
But I guess you mean sort of like:

<?php
if($HTTP_GET_VARS['page'] == 'test1') {
    include('path_of_test1_text_file');
}
elseif($HTTP_GET_VARS['page'] == 'test2') {
    include('path_of_test2_text_file');
}
?>

sgtoutlaw

First of it was supposed to be something that recognizes what is after the id= or page= and at http://gfn.host.sk they work for me the change happens to the middle and oyu use the arrows to scroll it

stick_figure

You don't need to search through the URL to find what's after ?page=, PHP will stick that into $HTTP_GET_VARS['page'] for you. Unless something's weird in your php.ini file.

sgtoutlaw

I dont get it then on the test1 and test 2 if i have a bun cha different like 10 tests and i want it to go to it by using the function then how do i do that? Where i can click any link with the extention of whatever and it will go to the page of that extention without it being logged in the script itself

stick_figure

Well, if the text files that you're manipulating are all named test1, test2, ... or something similar, you can just go include($HTTP_GET_VARS['page']); and if that's the name of the file it'll work. Or, you could have 10 if() {} clauses just like the first two.

sgtoutlaw

well i ddiint get what i was wanting but i think i can quickly use the first way and jsut name up them all.

sgtoutlaw

I finally figured it out!! its <?php include ("$page"); ?>
where i want the info to be so no matter what is after the page= it will go to it thats what i was looking for the whole time

stick_figure

Same as:
<?php
include($HTTP_GET_VARS['page']);
?>
All good.

sgtoutlaw

hopefully my last question now how to i include the path with it

stick_figure

You mean like:
<?php
include('/some/path/' . $page);
?>
because the files are in another directory?

sgtoutlaw

yea i figured that out but how could i include on page like on my index2.php in the place where the content is to be where it will be replaced once i hit a link