Switch not working

[jdnet]

Hi, I've been working on a PHP verion of my site because im really sick of editing all the html files. I have followed some of the code that i found here, but it always seems to display the default, even way i say index.php?page=firm it still shows whats in home.html. Is it just my setup (i run IIS w/php support on my desktop to test my sites) or what am i doing wrong? please help!

<?php
if(isset($page))
{
 switch ($page)
 {
   case "home":
      include("home.html");
      break;
case "firm":
      include("firm.html");
      break;
case "services":
      include("services.html");
      break;
case "contact":
      include("contact.html");
      break;
 }
}else
  include("home.html"); 


?>

[Weedpacket]

My guess is that your problem is the one handled in the FAQ on the Newbie's Forum. Question One. Have a look there for details, but the basic reason is that you're using a strongly deprecated method of getting the value from the querystring.

[rpanning]

Weedpacket is trying to say that you can't just call $page anymore without changing the php.ini. All you want to do is change all of your $page to $_GET['page']

[jdnet]

thanks

[jdnet]

another question. Say if when i access index.php?id=contact i want a picture to change based upon that (change the picture that has a picture of a house to a picture of a phone) is that similar statement? i was playing around and couldnt figure it out

[rpanning]

Yes, in index.html you can add a similar if/else statement to print out a image tag where you want the image to be. Let me know if you need an example.

[jdnet]

well the image isnt contained inside home.html its in index.php is it still possible (even if i make it home.php?) yes, could you please give me example

[rpanning]

Put the below where you want your image to go and edit it as needed. I've added comments to help explain.

<?php 
if (isset($_GET['id'])) {  // If id is in the URL...
    switch ($_GET['id']) {  // Switch based on id
        case 'contact':  // If id = contact set image name to phone
            $img = 'phone';
            break;
        case 'other':  // Other, add cases as needed
            $img = 'other';
            break;
        default:  // If id value not correct set default name
            $img = 'house';
    }
} else {  // If no id found in URL...
    $img = 'house';  // Set the default image name
}
$ext = '.gif';  // Set the image extension (with the dot)
$path = '/images/';  // Path to image from document root (with begining and trailing slashs)
$size = getimagesize($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . $path . $img . $ext);  // Get image details
print('<img src="' . $path . $img . $ext . '" ' . $size[3] . '>');  // Print out the image
?>

[jdnet]

thanks alot!

i got the images changing, but im getting an error message above the picture:

Notice: Undefined index: DOCUMENT_ROOT in .....

This is line 18 (where the error is)
$size = getimagesize($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . $path . $img . $ext); // Get image details

[laserlight]

hmm... looks as if DOCUMENT_ROOT is not defined, which is rare.

maybe check your server config?
or try to use some other path value.

[jdnet]

any more ideas? because im all done, except those annoying error messages. Im setting up my host tonight, do you think they'll dissapear after that? how do i define docuemtn root?