[Resolved] Alternative index.html

[xen01]

Greetings,

I have 2 working websites, one based on php and the other one purely based on html. The Html-based will serve as a backup just in case the mysql database is down. How would I named my startup pages - right now the html-based is named index.html and the other one is index.php.
What would be the best way to make the php-based index page the default and the html-based index serve as a backup.

Thank you.

[redrabbit]

Your best bet is to use the php page (index.php) and then to do a check on the databases.

So do a connection test, if the connection test fails, you then have to re-direct the user to index.html.

This will then be loaded as a static page.

[xen01]

1. Would you be so kind just to post a sample code to make it happen?

2. Also if I make an index.php and a index.html the browser gives priority to index.html.

[aaron_karp]

You can always name it _index.html (note the underscore).

Sample code:

$connect = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "");
$selectDB = mysql_select_db("creditcards");

// Both of the above functions return FALSE on failure

if (!$connect || !$selectDB) {
  header("Location: _index.html");
} else {
  echo "Connected to credit cards database with username root and blank password. Sweet.";
}

[redrabbit]

lol, nice password :p

[xen01]

Sweet thanks.