help with broken code!

bl_ke

i can't figure out how to fix this thing that messed up on my site at http://www.simlish.com the links that take you to the other php files that replaces the news area doesn't work, I have looked for everything, and I can't figure out what's wrong. here's the code for the site content replacer, please help, I would really be thankful!

<?php
$id=basename($id);
$number = 5;
if(!$id)
include("news/show_news.php");
else
include($id);
?>

RossC0

ok - I think you need to use something like this:

<!--YOUR SITE CONTENTS HERE-->

<?php
$number = 5;
if(!empty($_GET(id)))
include("news/show_news.php");
else
include($_GET(id));
?>

<!--END OF SITE CONTENTS-->

You are using a URL variable to pass the page id. So when you are using base it just pulls the index.php?do=whatever.php

Which I take it is failing?

Also if you use the code above - you could use a case statement to handle what pages to include and handle any situations when the user has entered their own id=pagename.php

bl_ke

OMG! it works it works! Thanks you sooo much, you do not know how much this has helped! I will have to do something for you! thanks again! 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃

RossC0

Originally posted by bl@ke
OMG! it works it works! Thanks you sooo much, you do not know how much this has helped! I will have to do something for you! thanks again! 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃

😃 No worries dude - just mark the thread as resolved (link under the thread)

bl_ke

no wait... crap, it's giving me a parse error now...

RossC0

Whats the error? 😕

bl_ke

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '(', expecting ')' in /home/httpd/vhosts/simlish.com/httpdocs/index.php on line 160

could you help me fix this? it's been messed up for like 6 months. I can give you access privs to look at the files.

RossC0

Post your index.php and I'll take a look.

Its most likely an if statement which hasn't had its brackets closed.

bl_ke

here you go

bl_ke

oh and if you can after you look at that, I also need help with my forums, they are giving a mysql db error, could not connect to db.

RossC0

Sorry my fault pusedo code:

Use:

<!--YOUR SITE CONTENTS HERE-->

<?php
$number = 5; 
if(!empty($_GET['id']))
include("news/show_news.php");
else
include($_GET['id']);
?>

<!--END OF SITE CONTENTS-->

As for ya db error - you need to check the database name , username and password is correct - to find out why you cannot connect.

If they are what version of mysql you using ? It may be a problem with the password encryption...

bl_ke

http://www.simlish.com/ it's still not working 🙁

i don't know about the my sql go here and see

http://www.simlish.com/forum

bl_ke

wait, I fixed it, the empty code didn't need to be in there. but my forums are still broken, i'm not sure what's wrong with them, and I don't have backup/can't start over because there were over 1,000 users and the forums are pretty well done out already.

thorpe

Access denied for user: 'simlish@localhost'

seeing as im not accessing your site from your server, localhost will never work. you need to supply another host.

bl_ke

how do i do that? 🙁

RossC0

Don't worry about the localhost issue - its your server via php accessing the database - not anyone else, so localhost is fine and secure...

You need to ensure you have set up the password correctly.

AND you are using it in the connect statement - its giving an error saying one wasnt supplied - and thats why it couldnt connect...