index file

[Kane2o02]

Hello

Right i have got a webpage and each of the links is in this format
index.php?file=Link

where link is the file

but this causes a problem because on the index.php page there is

 <?PHP if (isset($_GET['file'])) { include($_GET['file']); } ?>

in a table. So when the page loads there is no index file loaded...how could i solve this problem?

Thanks
Kane Wilson

[matt_4013]

G'day

Just use an else on the end of your if!

<?PHP 
if (isset($_GET['file'])) { 
include($_GET['file']); 
} else {
include('index.php');
}
 ?>

[cosminb]

you should check very carrefuly what you include in your PHP script ...

[laserlight]

hmm... I'm not sure if that will work though, since index.php will be including itself (infinite loop?)

This could be a possible alternative:

<?php
if (isset($_GET['file'])) {
	if (file_exists($_GET['file'])) {
		include($_GET['file']);
		//exit so we dont go on to the index.php html code itself
		exit;
	}
}
//the html code and other index.php specific code
?>

of course it makes the assumption that the 'Link' is located in the current directory, or is specified in full.

If your aim is to substitute ?file=link for separate pages, and the files to be included have a .php extension, then it would be safer to use:

<?php
if (isset($_GET['file'])) {
	if (file_exists('./' . $_GET['file'] . '.php')) {
		include('./' . $_GET['file'] . '.php');
		//exit so we dont go on to the index.php html code itself
		exit;
	}
}
//the html code and other index.php specific code
?>