using the URL to code...???

vtec

Hi,

I want to use the URL in the browser to make my PHP code do one thing, and another URL to do something else.

What function or code do I use? Im a newbie, so please give me details.

If my URL is http://1.html

I want to display a certain code,

if its http://2.html , I want a certain code and so on..

Help....

laserlight

The most obvious way would be to use different files, "1.html" and "2.html" 😃

Well, basically, you're saying that given a particular PHP script, you want to be able to pass information to it, so that it can dynamically act of this info, right?

One way to do this would be to use the query string.
Take for example, an "index.php" file.

index.php?display=hello

The query string begins with the '?', and in this case consists of the name/value pair display=hello

Now, index.php could have the code:

if (isset($_GET['display']))
	echo $_GET['display'];

So it would print "hello".

vtec

Hi,

Ok I have these two files:

index.php?page=search

index.php?page=welcome

How would I write the code for this? Basically i want a certain code to display only on the search page, and another to display only on the welcome page.

I tried this, but it wont work:

if (isset($_GET['index']) && index == search) 
{
 echo "Select all search options\n";
}

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Mordecai

Originally posted by vtec
if (isset($GET['index']) && index == search)
{
echo "Select all search options\n";
}

You probably want something like:

if ($_GET['page'] == 'search') {
// search page (we can assume $_GET['page'] is set if it has a value...
}
elseif ($_GET['page'] == 'welcome') {
// welcome page
}
else {
// something else or not set
}