readfile problem, images won't show on web page?

bobII

Long time reader, first time post!

I'm trying to use a simple form that passes a variable to another page that will display the users input to view a web (catalog) page. For example:

Catpage.php - takes the users input (a catalog page number, 1-555) and passes the variable to viewCatPage.php. The object here is for the user to have the ability to enter a page number and view that page by clicking the "go" button on Catpage.php

The viewCatPage.php code looks like this:

<?php
$url = "http://www.myurl.com/html/catalog_page/$input.html";
if ($input <= 555) {
readfile($url);
}
else {
print("Invalid Entry! Please enter a number between 1 and 555");
}
?>

It works fine with one exception. The page loads without any of the images that are usually associated with the page. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for your help!

common_ground

Isnt this something to do with the directory structure. i.e the images will be relative to http://www.myurl.com/html/catalog_page but when your script runs it could be looking for the images relative to the root directory. Have you tried putting the image links using the full path url or putting your script to read them in the http://www.myurl.com/html/catalog_page folder

Mordecai

A note: Don't use a URI, that'll increase your bandwidth a ton. Instead, keep everything relative to the script: the current directory is "./" and the file can be achieved by opening either by the name or by the directory and the name.

A fix to your problem (bad, though, you should rewrite the catalog pages): use <base href="..\">. This will set the base (where the HTML file thinks it is) to the directory below the current directory.

Hope this helps.

bobII

It was a directory structure problem, thanks for all your help! Once I placed the viewCatPage.php file in the directory where the files lie, it worked fine.

One other slight problem, is it possible to display the <title> of the page I'm fetching instead of using the <title> from the viewCatPage.php page?

Thanks again in advance!

Mordecai

Take out the <title> tag from viewCatPage.php. Other than that, not really.

bobII

Mordecai - That did the trick! Thanks man, I really appreciate your help!