Template problems

simwiz

hi,

I've got this problem when using templates on my localhost. The code works on my web server which i rent so the code is fine. I have ran php code for mysql functions and other for testing purposes.

Below is the code i used in index.php.

INDEX.PHP

<?php

               switch ($page)

{
default : include "error.txt";
break;
case "screenshots" : include "news.txt";
break;

}




    ?>

When i type say www.myrentedwebsite.com/index.php?page=main it will display the page main.txt

When i try this on my localhost it displays the error.txt file instead. It doesn't recognize the index.php?>?PAGE=MAIN i think !.

Could anybody help me with this problem because i wanted the localhost for testing purposes.

thank you in advance

simwiz

can any body please help. I use the localhost for practise, but i carnt seem to get these templates to work. So there is no really point in me having a localhost when i cannot run my templates of it

thankyou for your support.

stolzyboy

i think you are having a register_globals problem, try this switch line instead

switch ($_GET['page'])

simwiz

Ive switches register globals on and off, no luck !
The code used is fine so i dont see why it should work on loclahost.

stolzyboy

did you restart apache after making the changes to your php.ini

make a

<? phpinfo(); ?>

page for your localhost and your hosted site and compare the two outputs

simwiz

oh good idea ! il try it now cheers. If i get anything possitive il post again

simwiz

seems ok, register globals r off on mine so il chnage that, but where should the include_path be facing ?

stolzyboy

i wouldn't worry too much about the include path

simwiz

ok ! i give up.

The thing is it display the default values but doesnt like the ? and = aldo the variable name =MAIN.

stolzyboy

Originally posted by simwiz
ok ! i give up.

The thing is it display the default values but doesnt like the ? and = aldo the variable name =MAIN.

not sure i understand what you mean by that last post

simwiz

it doesnt understand the = and ? in the url !!

but it runs the index.php ! with the default value, it only messes up when it comes to putting ?page=main

stolzyboy

is the whole code big, can you post it all

simwiz

I will try my best to explain, also i would like to thankyou for the help !!!

index.php

<?php

               switch ($tp)

{
default : include "error.php";
break;

case "1" : include "1.php";
break;

}


    ?>

1.php

<?php

               switch ($page)

{

case "main" : include "main.php";
break;
default : include "error.php";
break;

}




    ?>

main.php, error.php

cotain html only !

right !

The index.php loads up the template called 1.php. within 1.php contains code to load main.php. thats about it. It loads on a webserver but not localhost.

Ive tested the script with just this amoutn of code with hardly any html or php. I just wanted to see if they relate.

if you need any more information please ask

thank you

stolzyboy

just do this for me, save this file as test.php with the following code

<?
include 'error.php';
?>

does that work at all

and you restarted apache after turning reg globals on right

if you run a phpinfo(); page on your localhost, does it say register_globals is on

your problem is kinda boggling, it should work

simwiz

i get this

Warning: main(error.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in d:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\include.php on line 2

Warning: main(): Failed opening 'error.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in d:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\include.php on line 2

even though it says in the config ->

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Paths and Directories ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

; UNIX: "/path1:/path2"

;include_path = ".:/php/includes"
;
; Windows: "\path1;\path2"
;include_path = ".;c:\php\includes"

arhhhhhhh

stolzyboy

depending on what platform you are one, take out the semicolon on the appropriate one

simwiz

Warning: main(error.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in d:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\include.php on line 2

Warning: main(): Failed opening 'error.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in d:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\include.php on line 2

changed tp ->

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Paths and Directories ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

; UNIX: "/path1:/path2"

;include_path = ".:/php/includes"
;
Windows: "\path1;\path2"
include_path = ".;d:\php\includes"

Still the same. Any thoughts ?

stolzyboy

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Paths and Directories ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

; UNIX: "/path1:/path2"
;include_path = ".:/php/includes"
;
;Windows: "\path1;\path2" ; take semi off this line
include_path = "d:\php\includes" ;make sure that path exists

simwiz

why does the error say "(include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') "

when it is include_path = "d:\php\includes"

I then added a folder "include" so the dir would be correct from the one above.

I dont see why its looking at c:\php4\pear ? Is this found in a different config file ?

im using php.ini !

simwiz

No ! i mistaken ! the include actually does work ! when the file id in the same directory ! DOH ! sorry about that

so the line below does work.

<?
include 'error.php';
?>

I don't still see why the original code doesn't work ! just display default. I also tried the below code

switch ($_GET['page'])
{
default : include "error.php";
break;
case "main" : include "main.php";
break;
}

funny enough this had an opposite effect ! it displays the main.php but wont display the default when a url is inputted wrong !

Any ideas ?

so basically the include works ! but the code either displays default or main ! weird !

thanks for the help