Iframes with templates

simwiz

I've made a test site which uses templates to make the site more simplistic and more organized.

I use the following code bellow to execute my template files

index.php ->

switch ($_GET['iframe])
{
default : include "$error_path/error.php";
break;
case "1" : include "$page_path/iframe.php";
break;
}

The code above basically shows the iframe when index.php?iframe=1

iframe code ->

this basically runs the templates lets say

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

in theory when index.php?iframe=1&page=news

it should show the iframe THEN the news page. The problem is that only the default is being displayed ERROR.php. This is because the iframe is looking into a different file !!!

Templates are normally used within the same page say

index.php ->

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

this would just show index.php?page=news SIMPLE

The reason im asking this is because i would like a scroll placed inside the main index.php page. this stops the site having a main scroll bar. This is what im trying to achieve but is there any other way of using iframe in my case or another similar method of inner scroll bars.

I did think of having a iframe in each template page ! such as news, links etc. This would contain their own iframe. This would result in having a extra page to direct the iframe to a new page. This proves to be un organized.

thank you, if you can understand my problem please help ELSE Just ask and il alaborate.

BuzzLY

<?php
$page = $_GET['page'];

echo <<<EOS
  <iframe src="templates.php?page=$page" 
      bgcolor=#000000 frameborder=0 width=100% 
      height=100%>
  </iframe>
EOS;
?>

simwiz

i dont understand !

ive tried it but it still only shows the default file

templates.php?page=$news

it wont display the links ?

index.php?page=news

simwiz

oh i get the $page = get !!!

but... whats the eos ! could you code it so i understand im a newbie, im sorry for the miss understanding !

simwiz

what would be the url for the links ? it works but how would i get the iframe to display with the index.php layout

index.php?page=news

index.php? template.php?page=news (hows do i type it )

BuzzLY

It's called "heredoc" syntax. It's a nice way of echoing many lines of text or saving them to a variable. The "EOS" is just a marker. You could just as easily used ABC or XYZ or WHATEVERYOUWANT.

Instead of doing this:

$string = "This is line one.\n";
$string .= "This is line two.\n";
$string .= "This is line three.\n";
$string .= "This is line four.\n";
$string .= "This is line five.\n";

You can simply do this:

$string = <<<FLOOP
This is line one.
This is line two.
This is line three.
This is line four.
This is line five.
FLOOP;

Much easier to read, don't you think? I prefer heredoc syntax for multiple line strings, myself.

As for your last question... not sure what you are asking. If you have a link on your page for NEWS, and the iframe is called "theFrame", then use this:

Do the same for each menu item that loads information into the iframe.

simwiz

lets go back to the index.php !!! this contains my layout

if i use template.php?page=news for example ! it would only display the iframe !!!

Im trying to get the iframe into the layout, so the iframe is actually inside the page of index.php.

also because you assigned a variable to page=$page it shows an error becuase its not a valid.

simwiz

Thanks for the help. Just had a go this morning and it work fine. Sometimes its a matter of simple editing or understanding !

The tested the code out till it worked perfectly ! so now i can mirror this and use it into my site.

thank you for the help

SimWiz

p.s. have you got any good tips for a noob lol

pp.s could i use herdoc as a echo for the whole html coding i use in a site ? so its fully php designed website ? 😕 😕 😕

thanks again !!!!!