[Resolved] automatic include.. thingy...

[ThatFatCat5]

How would i go about creating a page by having a url like this...
http://www.blah.com/something.php?view=index

and then have it view something.php and then view index where i place <!--#include file"index... or whatever.

I have this already
<%php
$pageview = $view;
$file = include $pageview'.txt';
echo $file;
%>

i think im on the right track but that doesn't work. view comes from the url.

so how do i read view from the url, then open whateverviewwas.txt and print it where i want it on the page?

[LordShryku]

if(isset($_GET['view'])) { # make sure we have a variable
   if(file_exists($_GET['view'].'txt')) { # make sure file exists
      require_once($_GET['view'].'txt');
   }
   else {
      echo $_GET['view'].' does not exist';
   }
}

[ThatFatCat5]

Well, it didn't work. It didn't give any errors or anything. Just blank where it should have the text.

heres a link
http://i.domaindlx.com/thatfatcat5/style.php?view=index

[TheDefender]

Are you sure there is data in that text file (index.txt)? Obviously, the file must exist, otherwise LS's code would have echoed the error in the else statement... Post the contents of the file index.txt...

[ThatFatCat5]

<center><h2>News</h2></center><br><hr><br>
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<img src="mhava.gif" alt="Micah" border="1"><br>
<b>Finally, the art!</</b><br>
<font size="-2">Fri, August 20 2004 - 11:42 PM<br>
by: <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">Micah</a></font><br><br><br>
<font="Tempo HeavyCondensed">
<a>So, got some art in there. Submitted by my good friend Sonicwolf666 (Justin). Not much yet but soon i'll open the music and writing sections where you can write your own songs and share them with the rest of us (ex. tablature) or you could write maybe a short story fan-fiction or other writing... thingy. So the site seems to be coming along nicely (heheheh, cumming). Soon you can expect a shorter URL and much more content. Be ready!</a>
<hr>
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<img src="mhava.gif" alt="Micah" border="1"><br>
<b>Startin' 'er up!</</b><br>
<font size="-2">Wed, August 18 2004 - 6:21 PM<br>
by: <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">Micah</a></font><br><br><br>
<font="Tempo HeavyCondensed">
<a>Just got the first suitable form of the site working! No more testing of the asp scipts and such. So far nothing but in a few days much can be expected. So keep your hopes up for soon the day will come when caliberCRAFT will debut. Have fun!</a>
<hr>
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Thats wat it says.

[TheDefender]

OK, I just looked at the source, and your php tags aren't right...

<%php
if(isset($GET['view'])) { # make sure we have a variable
if(file_exists($GET['view'].'txt')) { # make sure file exists
require_once($GET['view'].'txt');
}
else {
echo $GET['view'].' does not exist';
}
}
%>

Should be:
<?php
if(isset($GET['view'])) { # make sure we have a variable
if(file_exists($GET['view'].'txt')) { # make sure file exists
require_once($GET['view'].'txt');
}
else {
echo $GET['view'].' does not exist';
}
}
?>

[ThatFatCat5]

Still doesnt work. btw, that was a pretty dumb mistake...
heres the link so you can take a look
http://i.domaindlx.com/ThatFatCat5/test.php?view=index

[TheDefender]

OK, next question... Are you certain your host is PHP enabled?
I can see the:

<?php
if(isset($GET['view'])) { # make sure we have a variable
if(file_exists($GET['view'].'txt')) { # make sure file exists
require_once($GET['view'].'txt');
}
else {
echo $GET['view'].' does not exist';
}
}
?>

in the source, whereas, I shouldn't be able to if the page is parsed properly...

Oh, wait... I see now, that your webhost is an ASP host, and doesn't mention anything in their packages about PHP. Those are two different server side scripting languages... You need to either get a PHP host, or find an ASP forum for your learning needs... (BTW, the <% %> works fine on an ASP page, but the PHP in your page isn't even being parsed, since your host is ASP and not PHP enabled...)

[ThatFatCat5]

o, do you know of a freeweb host that supports php and has no ads? possibly more than 2GB/M (bandwidth)?

[TheDefender]

http://www.3dmega.com
http://www.000k.net

(Keep in mind, my inclusion of these does not constitute a promotion of either of their services. That's just 2 I can think of off of the top of my head. You can actually Google something like "Free PHP host" and find some pretty quickly, I'm sure)

[ThatFatCat5]

Thanks alot!