Help please, multiple pages.

Jorjelu

Hello, i have a web project that involves many pages. For example, i have a name (name.htm), but i need more than one page for that name... i cannot use name-page1.htm, name-page-2.htm, and so on.. it would't look ok. Is it possible to look something like name.htm?=page1 (or something like that 🙂 )?
10x...

Shrike

A common way of approaching this is to have one page act like a 'virtual server' which includes content based on a parameter given in the URL, e.g. http://mysite.com/index.php?page=page1. The file index.php would perhaps include common elements like a header and a footer, and then grab the content part based on the URL parameter.

//Code for index.php
<?php
require_once("/header.html");
if(file_exists($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/".$_GET['page'].".html")){
  require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/".$_GET['page'].".html");
}
require_once("/footer.html");
?>

Personally I don't like this approach, but that's just my opinion and it's a simple way of getting dynamic pages 😉

Jorjelu

You say it's better to simply use page1.php , page2.php and so on?

TheDefender

Well, actually it's easier to call the same page every time, and use the variables to define the contents of the page, such as...

index.php?mode=add
index.php?mode=edit
index.php?mode=delete

Then on your index page, you could use something like:

<?
if($mode == "add"):
  // this would be the add contents, or include, or whatever
elseif($mode == "edit"):
  // this would be the edit contents, or include, or whatever
elseif($mode == "delete"):
  // this would be the delete contents, or include, or whatever
else:
  // this would be the default contents, or include, or whatever
endif;
?>

Or you could use case/switch. This basically creates a template for you, and all you have to worry about is the actual content, once the rest is in place.

You could use multiple pages called the way Shrike has here as well. Really it's up to you. If you already have all of those pages built, then that may be the best route, but if the pages aren't built yet, then you may want to look into the alternatives mentioned.

Jorjelu

10x very much.. i am really getting used to it.. but, regarding your code, i suppose i have to do < $mode=$_GET['mode']; > before? :rolleyes:

TheDefender

Yeah, that would be the easiest and best way to do it.

Jorjelu

10x, have a nice day 🙂 WE ROCK 🆒