single template page + array + passing variables

brian_goodman

Thanks for resolving my first question about variables. I am now ready to take the next step to having a single page template that is fed from an array and external include files.

My template page is:

<?PHP
$strPagename = 'schoolmain';
require ('global/!config.inc');
require ('global/!header.inc');
require ('pages/school/'.$strPagename.'.inc');
require ('global/!footer.inc');
?>

The array is:

<?PHP $aryConfig = array(
"schoolmain" => array (
"Title" => "Welcome to BRHS",
"CSS" => "beitrayim.css",
"MenuScript" => "menu_school.js",
"LogoImg" => '<IMG src="/images/nav_wide_logo.gif" border="0">',
"LogoLink" => '<a href="/index2.html">',
"NavImg" => '<IMG src="/images/nav_school_home.gif">',
"LeftColHead" => "Welcome to Our School"),
"schoolprincipal" => array (
"Title" => "BRHS - About Us",
"CSS" => "beitrayim.css",
"MenuScript" => "menu_school.js",
"LogoImg" => '<IMG src="/images/nav_wide_logo.gif" border="0">',
"LogoLink" => '<a href="/index_school.php">',
"NavImg" => '<IMG src="/images/nav_school_about.gif">',
"LeftColHead" => "Principal's Message"),
etc....ending with,
);
?>

We have a javascript menu system.

The question is:
1. How do I change the statement from the template file so that it is fed from the array?
-$strPagename = 'schoolmain';

How are menu commands formatted to call the template and bring up a specific page.

Thanks,

Brian

devinemke

Originally posted by brian.goodman
1. How do I change the statement from the template file so that it is fed from the array?
-$strPagename = 'schoolmain';

How are menu commands formatted to call the template and bring up a specific page.[/B]

link to each page on the site with the page variable passed on the url and a GET variable:

nav menu:
<a href="template.php?page=schoolmain">schoolmain</a>
<a href="template.php?page=schoolprincipal">schoolprincipal</a>
etc...

then use the GET var to choose the right page:

$strPagename = $_GET['page'];

be sure to validate the GET var before using it.

please learn how to use the PHP tags when posting on this board, your code is very difficult to read.

brian_goodman

All of the pages on our site work (but one) using this 'page-calling" techniques (suggested above):

nav menu:
<a href="template.php?page=schoolmain">schoolmain</a>
<a href="template.php?page=schoolprincipal">schoolprincipal</a>
etc...

and

$strPagename = $_GET['page'];

The one non-working page uses a Javascript calendar. I would like to bypass the "page-calling" technique and call the calendar page directly using:

<a href="schoolcalendar.php</a>

The problem is that I can't get past the error that results from the $_GET command above.

Could someone suggest the appropriate IF statements required to bypass the $_GET statement when no ['page'] variable exists and continue processing the rest of the header script suggested by drewmack in another post here:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=10285244&goto=newpost

This is the final step in implementing a template-based website for our school (this forum has been a great help).

thanks,

Brian