[Resolved] Buttons link to diff. text

mini

Hello just started in the PHP world so a bit new to it all...

OK:
A page layout with header, navbar, main text area and right side bar.

10 buttons in the navbar ( for 10 different text documents, plain html pages)

What i want to achieve is that when you click on one button you get in the main text area the specified plain text.

What I have done so far is make 10 different php pages with the following script in the main text area :

<?php
include("http://")
?>

I just want to know if I can do it so that I only have one template page and all the buttons once clicked on bring up different text in the main text area?

Is this possible without a database?

All your help would be appreciated.

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Sorry guys a bit new to this and can't find the reply button???
i don't know is it obvious?

Anyway

Hello Greg
thank you for the link.

I have been looking at the script and am bit confused...

This is what I have done so far:

I understand this script or at least I think I do.

<?php
switch ($GET['go']) {
case "1": $inc = 'Page01.php';
break;
case "2": $inc = 'Page02.php';
break;
case "3": $inc = 'Page03.php';
break;
case "4": $inc = 'Page04.php';
break;
default: $inc = 'Page01.php';
_ break;
}
__ include ($inc);
?>

But how do I call it and where do I put it?

<li><a href="case "1"">Accountants</a></li>

<li><a href="case "2"">Architects</a></li>

I know that does not work...

Now saying don't use that script?

What do I do?

All I want is to be able to have different buttons with different text pages inserted?
it can't be that hard?

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There is no inserting text from other sites it is all under the same domain.
so I don't really have to worry about other scripts running that will be executed?

All I want is to be able to use some text files in different sections.

Help???

gregmiller

use [man] switch()[/man] statement

Greg

Mordecai

Originally posted by mini
include("http://")

Never, never, never do this! Especially not since you're relying on user data. If the person on the other end decided to put some PHP code on that page (that isn't parsed--i.e. available by viewing source), then it will be executed when you include it!

What I would do is have a main page, index.php, we'll say. On this page, we define all of the links, make each of those links go to index.php?page=linkpage, where linkpage is the page name the link should open.
Then, inside index.php, include a page based on what $_GET['page']'s value is. If it's not set, show the default page.

Make sure to do some error checking on the user input, too, as it is a potential security hole.

gregmiller

As Mordecai has said you need to have those link to your yown page say as

http://somewebsite.com/ index.php?id = one
http://somewebsite.com/ index.php?id = two
http://somewebsite.com/ index.php?id = three

...... etc

use $GET['id'] to get the id
like $id = $GET['id']
and accordingly use the switch() statement

switch($id)
{
case 'one':
echo "your text1";//echo text in the main part
break;

case 'two':
echo "your text2";//echo text in the main part
break;

..........................

}

Hope this helps

Greg

mini

well i have finally managed to find out how to reply !!!
Some serious activating going here!

Ok so where were we ?

Do I put then for example:

http://somewebsite.com/ index.php?id = one

at the top of the page for example on architects.php?
and so on...

and then call them individually from the buttons like:

<a href= case 'one': echo "architects.php";
break;> Architects </a>

It does not make sense to me is that right?

mini

Ok I am getting close now!
I know I am!
Sorry to be a pain!

I am getting this error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $end in \nas02ent\domains\h\mydomain.com\user\htdocs\test\test03.php on line 375

(line375 in the end tags </html>)

Have I placed the text in the right places?

Main page in test03.php

Nav section has:

<li><a href="http://www.mydomain.com/test/test03.php?id = one ">Accountants</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mydomain.com/test/test03.php?id = two ">Architects</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mydomain.com/test/test03.php?id = three ">Design & Construction</a></li>

Where I want the Text:
<p>
<?php
switch($id)
{
case 'one':
echo "http://www.mydomain.com/test/Page01.php";
break;

case 'two':
echo "http://www.mydomain.com/test/Page01.php";
break;

case 'three':
echo "http://www.mydomain.com/test/Page03.php";
break;
?>
</p>

don't I have to add if statements?

if you can see if I am close please let me know...
Thank you

mini

OK
I am back!

I am getting very confused had a look at doing it a different way by having <?inclued ("header.php");?) and footer but would prefer to have them as switch statements...but not very good at it!

Why am I getting parser errors?

Code on Index.php:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
<div>
<p>Menu:<br>
<a href="http://www.mydomain.com/test03/index.php?case=1"> Home</a><br>
<a href="http://www.mydomain.com/test03/index.php?case=2">Accountants</a></p>
</div>
<div>
<p>
Text will go below here.
</p>
<p>

<?php
switch ($GET['go']) {
case "1": $inc = 'hometext.php';
break;
case "2": $inc = 'accountants.php';
break;
default: $inc = 'index.php';
_ break;
}
__ include ($inc);
?>

</p>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Please help...

gregmiller

ok
I have here a sample code for you
Tweek it according to your requirements
Just fyi save it in your root directory of your test sever as testpage.php

<table width="100%"  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tr>
    <td width="14%"><p><a href="http://localhost/testpage.php?link=1">firstlink</a></p>    </td>
    <td width="86%" colspan="3" rowspan="4" bgcolor="#33FFFF">
<?php
$id = $_GET[link];

switch($id) 
{ 

case '1': 
echo "Text for link 1";//echo text in the main part 
break; 

case '2': 
echo "Text for link 2";//echo text in the main part 
break; 

case '3': 
echo "Text for link 3";//echo text in the main part 
break; 

case '4': 
echo "Text for link 4";//echo text in the main part 
break; 
}
?>

</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p><a href="http://localhost/testpage.php?link=2">secondlink</a></p>    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><p><a href="http://localhost/testpage.php?link=3">thirdlink</a></p>    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="http://localhost/testpage.php?link=4">fourthlink </a></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;  </p>

let me know if this is what you wanted

Greg

mini

Thank you !

Still getting the following error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in \nas02ent\domains\h\mydomain.com\user\htdocs\testpage.php on line 16

Line 16 is:
$id=$_GET[link];

It looks to me like the server does not like the GET statement?

But the code is exactly what I want, thank you.
Any ideas?

gregmiller

hello

ITS

$id = $_GET['link'];

not

$id_=_$_GET[link];

Greg

mini

Sorry to be a pain and thick designer!

But i am now getting this error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ':' or '{' in \nas02ent\domains\h\mydomain.com\user\htdocs\testpage.php on line 18

Any ideas?

line 18:

switch($id)_

Thank you for helping 😕

gregmiller

Did you copy the code i gave you as it is?

its not

switch($id)_

but

switch($id)

Greg

mini

Oh! my God!

Sorry about that for some reason when I copied and pasted the code it added a load of spaces after each statement? but it works now !!!

Just done a test and it works!!!!
FANTASTIC!!!!!
Thank you!
Thank you!

Have a good day!

mini

gregmiller

Thats Good

Please mark the thread resolved .... the links at the bottom
called "mark thread resolved" .

Happy Coding!

Greg