include a file named "variable name".php

architect

I am very raw when it comes to PHP. I have a variable which is the user's login ID say xyz. If the login gets authenticated the user gets taken to an assemble.php which has include functions for a header, footer and a main block which would be include the php file, xyz.php. Please can i be told how to achieve this?

Many thanks,
Anu

NSH

I don't think I fully understand what you are needing...
Do you already have all the code setup to log in the user, etc etc...
Maybe I am missing something, could you explain further?

architect

I have an .swf file for the user to log in. I also have an assemble.php which is a template page for all users. Here the content alone changes and has things like header and footer as constant. For the content I want a variable to be read off from the user's login and a corresponding text file to be accessed and put into the html page for display on the web.

Hope I make sense! Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
Anu

kilbey1

Are you thinking you need to attach filea.php or fileb.php, depending on the user accessing that page? Or are you talking that you need the actual name of the file to be variable, ie. John accesses the page so attach the same .php file but name it Johnfile.php?

If I'm hearing you right though, it sound like all you need is a switch statement in assemble.php that will include a text file based on some conditions you set.

architect

Well, I am trying to set up these pages and codes such that there wont be any need to touch the code as and when each user gets registered...well not too much at least. I was wondering if on the registration of each new user, just a plain text file could be created and uploaded. So if John registers for the first time, a text John.txt would be uploaded onto the server. When John logs in with his login name as John, the template page I have made should extract data from John.txt and put it within the content block. So I am trying to set it up such that the admin person who would later manage these pages would only need to upload text files for each new user and maybe add the username in a list of users for login authentication. Am I asking for too much?
Thanks.
Anu

architect

Using switch would need the admin to inegrate each new user within the switch cases wouldn't it? I would like to avoid it. But again I am very new to this and maybe I am missing out something somewhere?
Anu

kilbey1

Ewww, plain text files. I take it you don't have a database? If you did, all you'd do is a. create a new text file (fopen), b. give it a name based on the user's $firstname$lastname (or whatever) (tmpnam), c. save it to your directory (find any upload script), and then d. assign it to a field in a database (update sql statement).

If you don't have a database... well, I have no idea.

In any case, the functions you should look at are:

fopen (w+ or a+)

fwrite

tmpnam

fread (to read the file; though you can probably just require_once ("file.txt); into your user's page, unless you're going to allow editing)

architect

Thanks. I am going to read up some on database and see if I can solve it like you have mentioned here. Shall get back if I get stuck some place.
Regards
Anu