The most stupid guy with an even crapper problem... (if functions... arrays.. spellin

middleman666

hey all,
please bare with my as im a complete idiot...

what I have...

I have a flat file system which is much like a guestbook so im going to call it that.

I have a form that when submited adds the entry into an array within a file (DisplayEntries.php).

With each entry, 3 files are created with make up a 'mini' guestbook so other people can comment on other peoples entries. This comment part is included below the entry when a user clicks on a 'comments' link in the entry.

I have a main page file (index.php) which displays the latest 5 entries unless a form on the form is submited which lets the user choose which entries theyd like to display e.g. entries from 5 to 7.

my problem...
The problem im having is, when the 'display entries from # to #' is submited with say from 7 to 8 (displaying one entry) and the comment link is clicked on this entry, the main page will go back to displaying the latest 5 entries insted of staying with only the one entry and displaying the comments guestbook beneath it.

code from main page

<?php
	if ($_GET["link"] == "upload") { 
		include ("upload.php");
		include ("notice.php");
	}
	else {
		// Base number for array
		$EntryNumber = '0';
		// Include array
		include ("DisplayEntries.php");
	}

	// IF form is submitted run PHP script 
	if ($_POST["GetForm"] == "yes") { 
		$entryFrom = $_POST['FormFrom'];
		$entryTo = $_POST['FormTo'];
	}
	else {
		// Set Entry Number Variables
		$entryFrom = 0;
		$entryTo = 5;
	}

	// Display Arrays (entries)
	for( $entry = $entryFrom; $entry <$entryTo; $entry++ ) {
		eval($EntryArray[$entry]);
	}
?>

snipet from entry array (only displaying the comments link and if function)

<?
$EntryArray  = array(  

$EntryNumber++ =>'
echo "<a href=\"?comments=ID6thAugust114746#ID6thAugust114746\">comments</a>";

if ($_GET["comments"] == "ID6thAugust114746") { 
include ("comments/ID6thAugust114746form.php"); //mini guestbook (comments book)
}
else {}',

); 
?>

Im pretty sure im doing something wrong with the if function in the main page but i dont really understand what it is...

any help would be great,
thanks for your time.

thorpe

well, that last snippet shows your if() statement aswell as a call to the include() function are all inside a string.

middleman666

sorry i didnt quite understand what you ment, did u mean that u think the php doesnt run in the array entry?

when i dont use the 'display entries from # to #' form, the comment link works fine and all the php in the array is executed. so do you know why the problem only rises when the main display entry form is submitted?

thanks for the reply.

thorpe

look at it. this code

if ($_GET["comments"] == "ID6thAugust114746") { 
    include ("comments/ID6thAugust114746form.php"); //mini guestbook (comments book) 
    } 
    else {}',

is all just a string. its not being parsed.

thorpe

well actually ive just realised it all in an array aswell. i dont understand what you are doing. how does this code ever get executed?

middleman666

what is it that you dont understand that im doing?

the array is eval'd onto the main page and seems to work fine. its only when the 'display entries' form is filled in and submitted, that the comments link doesnt work...