PHP Includes

[supercoop]

hi,

can someone please tell me where I can find out about PHP Includes and how to use them on a site. I know what code to use to include files but I don't know how to have a page url to look like: www.yourdomain.com/index.php?id=contact something like that.

If anyone knows where I can find out about it or if anyone could explain it to me it would be much appreciated.

thanks,
Jonathan Cooper

[sn0n]

here is how i do it on my site..
www.sn0n.com/index.php?page=login

would lead ya to the login page. isnt the most efficient way im sure, but it works for me, if nothing is entered, it includes the data.php (my 'blog')

<?php
if ($page == "login") {
require ("includes/login.php");
} elseif ($page == "draft") {
require ("includes/draft.php");
} elseif ($page == "post") {
require ("includes/post.php");
} elseif ($page == "handle") {
require ("includes/handle.php");
} elseif ($page == "edit") {
require ("includes/edit.php");
} elseif ($page == "rob") {
require ("includes/rob.php");
} else {
require ("includes/data.php");
}

?>

hope that helps.

[supercoop]

where abouts do you put:

<?php
if ($page == "login") {
require ("includes/login.php");
} elseif ($page == "draft") {
require ("includes/draft.php");
} elseif ($page == "post") {
require ("includes/post.php");
} elseif ($page == "handle") {
require ("includes/handle.php");
} elseif ($page == "edit") {
require ("includes/edit.php");
} elseif ($page == "rob") {
require ("includes/rob.php");
} else {
require ("includes/data.php");
}
?>

[sn0n]

wherever you want the 'code' to be in your document

_____________
|_____|______|
|          |            |
|          |   XXX   |
|          |            |
|_____|______|

in my site its in the XXX section