call includes into a page by button link

Gump

Hi,

What is it called and where could I find a snippit or tutorial on having a page with 3 links on it:

LINK | Link | Link

| |

These are pre built pages that have certain scripts and functions, but I would like them all to be accessed by a common homepage.

Thank you.

Matt

matt_4013

Hi there, I assume you mean for the url to look like this?

http://yourserver.com/?page=foo

Correct?

If so, it's pretty easy, you just need an if statement or a switch case structure!

If statement:

if($_GET['page'] == "foo") {

include_once('foo.php');

} elseif($_GET['page] == "bar") {

include_once('bar.php');

} else {

include_once('main.php');

}

case structure:

switch($_GET['page']) {

case 'foo': 
	include_once('foo.php');
	break;

case 'bar':
	include_once('bar.php');
	break;

default:
	include_once('main.php');
	break;
}

Gump

Thanks Matt

I went with the case structure, however on initial load of the page, the index.php page does not show. Not too big a deal, i can work around it, but I thought thats what the

 default:
        include_once('index.php');
        break;

command would do?

Thoughts?

Thanks Matt

Matt
(nice name!)

matt_4013

You're right, that is what the default is supposed to do. Can you post the code? That's a bit weird. You could try taking the break off the end, but that shouldn't make any difference.

Gump

I got it working thanks. Case is much easier for me to understand than the If statement you left. Confused as to the ifs and elseifs.

If I wanted a third link would the code be as:

if($_GET['page'] == "foo") {

include_once('foo.php');

} elseif($_GET['page] == "bar") {

include_once('bar.php');

} elseif($_GET['page] == "fubar") {

include_once('fubar.php');

} else {

include_once('main.php');

}

??????????????

Thanks for your time 😉

matt_4013

Fantastic!

The code you just posted there with the elseif's is exactly right. I assume you've figured how it works, but I'll have a go at explaining it anyway.

With a normal if...else statement, you have 1 set of conditions. if those conditions aren't true, then do blah.

With an elseif statement, you can have as many sets of conditions as you like. So it would be, if condition set 1 is not true, then check condition set 2. if that's not true, check condition set 3.

Man, I'm confusing myself as I write this 🙂 Hopefully you understand what i'm trying to explain!

No problems,
Matt

Gump

Thanks chief, I think that was a fine explanation!