create link

eli03

hello,
im pretty new to php, and i will like to ask this.
😃 how will create a link like this for example "mydomain.com/forums/index.php?tutorial=5" , when click the link it will redirect you to the next page of tutorial. where can i find a tutorial like this..thanks🙂

maybl8r03

To create a link on your web page you simply have to generate a url tag.

<html>
<body>
<?php
echo "Click <a href=\"http://slashdot.org\">here</a> to go to slashdot or click <a href=\"http://www.google.com/search?q=slashdot\">here</a> to find out more about slashdot.";
?>
</body>
</html>

eli03

<html>
<body>
<?php
echo "Click <a href=\"http://slashdot.org\">here</a> to go to slashdot or click <a href=\"http://www.google.com/search?q=slashdot\">here</a> to find out more about slashdot.";
?>
</body>
</html>

===
im totally comfused🙁 .. can u give a nice example ex. main.php for link page like the at the top and search.php for the redirected url...

maybl8r03

Is this closer to what you are looking for?

<?php
$GLOBALS["arTutorials"] = array(
   "1"	=>	"This is the first page of a tutorial",
   "2"	=>	"Second page, the content can be further added using some nifty database of course",
   "3"	=>	"Third Page, and this can go on forever and ever",
   "4"	=>	"Fourth Page, this is just one example of many many more",
   "5"	=>	"You can add more and more of this stuff",
   "Appendix A"	=> "Or add alpha numeric page numbers too!"
   );


function createnicelinks()
{
	@reset($GLOBALS["arTutorials"]);
	$strResult = "";
	while (list($strPageNum, $strScratch) = @each($GLOBALS["arTutorials"]))
	{
		$strResult.= "<a href=\"?page={$strPageNum}\">";
		$strResult.= "Page {$strPageNum}";
		$strResult.= "</a>|";
	}
	return ($strResult);
}   

function gethelpcontent($strPageNum)
{
	return (@$GLOBALS["arTutorials"][$strPageNum]);
}
?>
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo createnicelinks();
?>
<hr />
<?php
echo gethelpcontent(@$_GET["page"]);
?>
<hr />
<?php
echo createnicelinks();
?>
</body>
</html>

Note that I am using arrays here to mimic what you can do in a more complex scenario with the help of a database.

eli03

<?php
$GLOBALS["arTutorials"] = array(
"1" => "This is the first page of a tutorial",
"2" => "Second page, the content can be further added using some nifty database of course",
"3" => "Third Page, and this can go on forever and ever",
"4" => "Fourth Page, this is just one example of many many more",
"5" => "You can add more and more of this stuff",
"Appendix A" => "Or add alpha numeric page numbers too!"
);

===========================================
can i change the equivalent text into url page, for example.

$GLOBALS["arTutorials"] = array(
"1" => "page1.php"

and when i press #1 it will go to page1.php? is tis posible?, sori for my english😃

maybl8r03

Yes indeed you can but you will have to change a little code and understand a little more on php and it's abilities.

/// START index.php

<?php
$GLOBALS["arTutorials"] = array(
   "1"	=>	"page1.php",
   "2"	=>	"page2.php",
   "CNN"	=>	"http://www.cnn.com",
   );


function createnicelinks()
{
	@reset($GLOBALS["arTutorials"]);
	$strResult = "";
	while (list($strPageNum, $strURL) = @each($GLOBALS["arTutorials"]))
	{
		$strResult.= "<a href=\"{$strURL}\">";
		$strResult.= "Page {$strPageNum}";
		$strResult.= "</a>|";
	}
	return ($strResult);
}   

?>

/// END index.php

/// START page1.php
<?php
include "index.php";
?>
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo createnicelinks();
?>
<hr />
This is page one contents
<hr />
<?php
echo createnicelinks();
?>
</body>
</html>

///  END page1.php

/// START page2.php
<?php
include "index.php";
?>
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo createnicelinks();
?>
<hr />
This is page two contents
<hr />
<?php
echo createnicelinks();
?>
</body>
</html>

///  END page2.php

You will need to include "index.php" in all your pages you want the list of links to appear.

eli03

thanks🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 ...

eli03

how about if i want my url to be like this "http://localhost/page1.php?page=1" from your first example not this "http://localhost/page1.php" from your secnd example? my url is like in example no. 2, iwant to change it into "page1.php?page=1"

GreyBoy

That would work, you would just need to get the variable to use like:

$variable = $_GET['page'];

then $variable contains the value of page1.php?page=1 and can be uses any way you want. For example, if you want to use it to get your pages, you could use:

<?

$locations['1'] = 'page1.php?page=1';
$locations['2'] = 'page2.php?page=2';
// etc....
$variable = $_GET['page'];
$default   = 'home.php';

if (!isset($variable))
{
     inclue('$default');
}
else if ($variable == 1)
{
     include('$locations['1']');
}
else if ($variable == 2)
{
     include('$locations['2']');
} //ect....
else
{
     include('$default');
}
?>

Now, I know theres a better way of ding this, but its not coming to me right now. I made a post like this earlier today, I'll see if I cant find it.

eli03

thanks for the reply. ill try this code😃

eli03

😕 😕 😕 could someone give me nice and clear example..plsss or a nice link about this topic 🙁 <==help this newbie .salamat