PHP Layout Problem

xl0tt0x

I Am Trying To Make A Layout With PHP.

This is how it should look like without php...

and what im tryin to do is...when someone is not logged in the button that says 'logout' will change to 'login' and the little bar thing underneath will disappear...

This is how it looks like in php without being logged in...

and to see how it looks like logged in go to here log in with user: 9mm pass:9mm and then click the tournament link on the first page to see

it goes all weird

all my images are located at http://24.103.133.150/v3/images/
if u need to see them...
and here is the php code im trying...please help

<?php
session_start();
?>


<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>V3</TITLE>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" BACKGROUND="images/bg1.jpg" LEFTMARGIN=0 TOPMARGIN=0 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0>
<!-- ImageReady Slices (Da-Shelta-Layout-final(1).psd) -->
<CENTER>
<TABLE WIDTH=800 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
	<TR>
		<TD ROWSPAN=4>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_01.gif" WIDTH=21 HEIGHT=600 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD COLSPAN=17>
			<A HREF="http://www.da-shelta.com">
				<IMG SRC="images/header.gif" WIDTH=758 HEIGHT=128 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD ROWSPAN=4>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_03.gif" WIDTH=21 HEIGHT=600 ALT=""></TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="new.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/home.gif" WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_05.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="new.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/news.gif" WIDTH=72 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_07.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="forum.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/forum.gif" WIDTH=79 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_09.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="crews.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/crews.gif" WIDTH=70 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_11.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="messages.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/messages.gif" WIDTH=93 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_13.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="members.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/members.gif" WIDTH=95 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_15.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="profile.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/profile.gif" WIDTH=87 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_17.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="downloads.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/downloads.gif" WIDTH=99 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_19.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>

<?php
	if ($_SESSION['username']) {
?>
			<A HREF='logout.php'> 
				<IMG SRC='images/logout.gif' WIDTH=90 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=''></A>
<?php
		                          }
	else 		          {
?>
			<A HREF='login.php'> 
			    	<IMG SRC='images/login.jpg' WIDTH=90 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=''></A>
<?php	
		                         }
?>
	</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
<?php
	if ($_SESSION['username']) {
?>
		<TD COLSPAN=17>
			<IMG SRC='images/usernamehead.gif' WIDTH=758 HEIGHT=27 ALT=''></TD>
<?php
			          }
	else		          {
?>
		<TD COLSPAN=17 BGCOLOR=#76AAD9>
<?php
			          }
?>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD COLSPAN=17>
			<IMG SRC="images/homepagearea.gif" WIDTH=758 HEIGHT=420 ALT=""></TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>
<!-- End ImageReady Slices -->
</CENTER>
</BODY>
</HTML>

thanks in advance....

vallette

Your PHP code isn't properly formatted. You have to use echo (or print) statements to put in the html code. Try the following:

<?php 
	if($_SESSION['username']){ 
 		echo "
<A HREF='logout.php'> 
<IMG SRC='images/logout.gif' WIDTH=90 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=''></A>"; 

	} 
else{ 
	echo "
<A HREF='login.php'> 
<IMG SRC='images/login.jpg' WIDTH=90 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=''></A>";
		} 
?> 

</TD> 
</TR> 
<TR> 

<?php 
	if($_SESSION['username']){ 
		echo "<TD COLSPAN=17> 
<IMG SRC='images/usernamehead.gif' WIDTH=758 HEIGHT=27 ALT=''></TD> ";
		} 
	else{ 
		echo "<TD COLSPAN=17 BGCOLOR=#76AAD9> ";
	} 
?>

xl0tt0x

That didn't help...I Changed the things that were screwing up, well at least i though (login/logout/thing underneath buttons), and it improved it a bit...check it out n tell me ne other ideas...heres the new code

<?php
session_start();
?>


<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>V3</TITLE>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" BACKGROUND="images/bg1.jpg" LEFTMARGIN=0 TOPMARGIN=0 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0>
<!-- ImageReady Slices (Da-Shelta-Layout-final(1).psd) -->
<CENTER>
<TABLE WIDTH=800 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
	<TR>
		<TD ROWSPAN=4>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_01.gif" WIDTH=21 HEIGHT=600 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD COLSPAN=17>
			<A HREF="http://www.da-shelta.com">
				<IMG SRC="images/header.gif" WIDTH=758 HEIGHT=128 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD ROWSPAN=4>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_03.gif" WIDTH=21 HEIGHT=600 ALT=""></TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="new.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/home.gif" WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_05.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="new.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/news.gif" WIDTH=72 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_07.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="forum.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/forum.gif" WIDTH=79 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_09.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="crews.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/crews.gif" WIDTH=70 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_11.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="messages.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/messages.gif" WIDTH=93 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_13.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="members.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/members.gif" WIDTH=95 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_15.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="profile.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/profile.gif" WIDTH=87 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_17.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>
			<A HREF="downloads.php">
				<IMG SRC="images/downloads.gif" WIDTH=99 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD>
		<TD>
			<IMG SRC="images/v3_19.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=25 ALT=""></TD>
		<TD>

<?php  

    if($_SESSION['username']){  

        echo " 
<A HREF='logout.php'> 
<IMG SRC='images/logout.gif' WIDTH=90 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE ALT=''></A>";  

    }  
else{  
    echo " 
<A HREF='login.php'> 
<IMG SRC='images/login.jpg' WIDTH=90 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE ALT=''></A>"; 
        }  

?>  

</TD> 
</TR> 
<TR> 

<?php  

    if($_SESSION['username']){  

        echo "<TD COLSPAN=17> 
<IMG SRC='images/usernamehead.gif' WIDTH=758 HEIGHT=27 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE ALT=''></TD> "; 
        }  

    else{  

        echo "<TD COLSPAN=17 BGCOLOR=#76AAD9> "; 
    }  

?> 
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD COLSPAN=17>
			<IMG SRC="images/homepagearea.gif" WIDTH=758 HEIGHT=420 ALT=""></TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>
<!-- End ImageReady Slices -->
</CENTER>
</BODY>
</HTML>

xl0tt0x

...anyone?

yelvington

Originally posted by vallette
Your PHP code isn't properly formatted. You have to use echo (or print) statements to put in the html code.

This is not true.

PHP can control the conditional output of HTML that is outside PHP tags. For example, the following is perfectly valid:

<? if($blue) { ?>
<b>blue</b>
<?
}
else {
?>
<b>red</b>
<? 
}
?>

The problem with using this sort of notation is that it often makes the code very hard to read and debug ... especially if the HTML is a table-infested nightmare. I have no idea what xl0tt0x has done wrong (and I don't intend to sit here and count table tags in order to figure it out), but based on the "it goes all weird" comment, the problem is likely to be bad HTML. There is nothing illegal about the PHP technique he used.

xl0tt0x

thats the problem...i used adobe imageready to slice so im pretty sure the html isnt wrong...

and it works fine without any php in it...
just when i put php in it to change one button it screws up...
and to change to a bg color if their not logged in...

Weedpacket

One thing you can do is look at the HTML of the messed up page (an idea suggested in the Debugging 101 thread) and see if you can identify the problem there.

I can see mismatched tag problems with

<?php  

    if($_SESSION['username']){  

        echo "<TD COLSPAN=17>
<IMG SRC='images/usernamehead.gif' WIDTH=758 HEIGHT=27 ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=MIDDLE ALT=''></TD> "; 
        }  

    else{  

        echo "<TD COLSPAN=17 BGCOLOR=#76AAD9> ";