page not changing with case url

[forcer]

i think ive really messed some coding up and i cant seem to fix it.

i have an artist page

artists.php?page=artists

this page displays a list of artists.
lets say the artist airgate is clicked it should go the the airgate artist page with the link artists.php?artist=airgate

here is the code i am using which i presumed would work, but no matter what page i try to go to it sticks on the artists.php?page=artists page.

:mad:

<?php 
if (!$page) {
include 'artists_home.php';
} elseif (file_exists($page.".php")) {
switch ($page) { 
case 'artists': 
include 'artists_home.php';
break; 
default: 
include 'cgi-bin/404.php';
}
} else {
include 'cgi-bin/404.php';
}
?> 
<?php 
if (!$artist) {
include 'artists_home.php';
} elseif (file_exists($artist.".php")) {
switch ($artist) { 
case 'airgate': 
include 'artists/airgate/airgate.php';
break; 
default: 
include 'cgi-bin/404.php';
}
} else {
include 'cgi-bin/404.php';
}
?> 

[laserlight]

I dont quite understand your script.
However, from your 'artists/airgate/airgate.php' part, it seems that each artist listed has a directory and a page.
At the same time, 'artists_home.php' is the list of artists which is included in artists.php?page=artists.

In that case, maybe use:

<?php
if (isset($_GET['page'])) {
	switch($_GET['page']) {
	case 'artists':
		include 'artists_home.php';
		break;
	default:
		include 'cgi-bin/404.php';
	}
} elseif(isset($_GET['artist'])) {
	switch($_GET['artist']) {
	case 'airgate':
		include 'artists/airgate/airgate.php';
		break;
	default:
		include 'cgi-bin/404.php';
	}
} else {
	include 'cgi-bin/404.php';
}
?>

A possibly simpler code might change the switch statement for the artists into:

if (file_exists('artists/' . $_GET['artist'] . '/' . $_GET['artist'] . '.php')) {
	include 'artists/' . $_GET['artist'] . '/' . $_GET['artist'] . '.php';
} else {
	include 'cgi-bin/404.php';
}

[forcer]

many thanx got it working now! 🙂