[Resolved] Simple (??) include/variable help

raalynthslair

Ok, I am trying to create a "framework" php file to run my site - using includes to bring in content (and css for the colors and most styling)...

BUT what I have problems with is the IDs for the files.

I have a PHP file that has two includes: $topics (the Table of Contents are) and $content (main contents area)

I have a coresite.php file defining the inputs for those to be set based on a "$pgid" value; to be set per page, so when you load the page the correct topics and content load up.

If I put $pgid = ("welcome"); it makes the page static (in effect) with the main site's "welcome" and "main toc" files...

I have a set of links on the topics section that will be a column of links on the side of the page - but I can't get them to reload the page with an ID value ofr $pgid - so the page loads different data in the includes.

I want it, by default, to grab maintoc.php and welcome.php for $topics and $content (respectively)... and then if the $pgid = "welcome" then those same (the "HOME" link basically); but for the other pages, I want $pgid = "Fighters" to open up $topics as "ftrtoc.php" and $content as "fighters.php".

Those files are defined in coresite.php with a switch function - and this is called via "require_once" in the opening lines of code of the php file. This works, unless I want something other than "welcome". Even manually changing the $pgid on the file (I had it hand-coded on the file to test it) won't load anything but the FIRST switch entry - regardless of the $pgid.

Is there an easy way to make a link basically reload a page with a new $pgid value to make it change what the includes ($topics and $content) are?

TIA for any help.

Frederick

how are you calling your pages such as the addressing?

http://domain.com/index.php?page=pagename

Go here to view example if this is what you need

raalynthslair

I was trying to call them locally (no domain prior to file), but I will try this...

$page = $_REQUEST["page"];
if (!isset($page)) { $page = "Homepage";

Now, right after this, do I put the else_if comments for the other $pgid ($page above) variables that may exist?

UPDATE

This does work in getting the default page to load... How do I get a link in the topics section (table of contents/links) to reload this page while renaming "$page" (or $pgid in my case)?

raalynthslair

I got it to work. I didn't use the format above... I tried that but couldn't get it to pull TWO files with each single link... but this did the trick (a little mod'ing from the above help and some PHP.net manual research after I was sent in the right direction)

In the index I call this for the TOC/NAV column links

 $nav = $HTTP_GET_VARS["nav"];
 Include("nav".$nav.".php");

And in the next cell (tabled layout control) I use this for the content. All pages start are named "pgXXXXX.php" for this to work, with the "default" just being "pg.php".

 $page = $HTTP_GET_VARS["page"];
 Include("pg".$page.".php");

And my NAV pages are "nav.php" and "navXXX.php"... The link format I use in there is:

<li><a href="index.php?page=tut1&nav=tut1">tut1</a></li>

Just for reference, I am using "PRINT" to post all HTML to the browser through my PHP; there is no "direct" HTML on the page.

That makes "page" and "nav" change, and in two functions they both take effect, reloading only the called files, not the index.php framework - just what I was aiming for. Thanks for the help Frederick. You sent me in the right direction and got the ball rolling. I appreciate it!

~R~