.php/news_id=576 PLEASE HELP!!!!!

jzone84

Hey Guys im fairly new here but im trying to run a news section on my website but its just so much content that i need a easier way...... i viewed a few sites and i see that they use something that ends something like this....... (?news_id=786) what im trying to figuere out is how do i create the news_id= part my site is pretty much run of php but its just basic php....nothing extensive...if theres anyone out there that can help me out i would dearly appreciate it...thanx much....if you couldnt understand what i was trying to say please let me know and i'll better explain myself....thanx again

Queops

Hmmm.. create number.php for the content of the news and in the displaying PHP page try:

<?php
($news_id = $_GET['$news_id']);
if (isset($news_id)) {

include ("news/" . $news_id . ".php");
} else {

echo "Please select an ID for the news archive.";

}
?>

It's very simple, if you have any questions just post.

jzone84

Queops wrote:
Hmmm.. create number.php for the content of the news and in the displaying PHP page try:
<?php
($news_id = $_GET['$news_id']);
if (isset($news_id)) {

include ("news/" . $news_id . ".php");
} else {

echo "Please select an ID for the news archive.";

}
?>
It's very simple, if you have any questions just post.

Can i have your autograph? Queops i cant thank you enough for that script iz amazing how the littlest thing can make a huge difference. Any way if i have anyproblems i will get back to you on this topic. But other than that thank you so much your help was much appreciated. Cheers.

Queops

Sure, anytime. Thanks for your comment 😉

jzone84

Hey Queops maybe im still doin something wrong cause its still not working i think im puting the code in the wrong place anyway heres the code to the website.....that i have in the php file

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<title>Islandflava.net</title>
</head>

<?php
($news_id = $_GET['$news_id']);
if (isset($news_id)) {

include ("feature.php/878.php" . $news_id . "878.php");
} else {

echo "Please select an ID for the news archive.";

}
?>
</body>
</html>

Queops

Put your header page into header.php.

<?php 
include ("http://www.islandflava.net/header.php"); 

($news_id = $_GET['$news_id']);
if (isset($news_id)) {

include ("news/" . $news_id . ".php");
} else {

echo "Please select an ID for the news archive.";

}
?>

</body>
</html>

This should work. Dont forget, you have to specify the news_id variable in the url like this: url/page.php?news_id=1 for example.

jzone84

Okay heres what i did i replaced all the news with feature and also put the number 878.php in the feature_id. "php" section of the code as you will see below...now 878 is just a random number i used i created a page and called it 878.php then i uploaded it onto my server now i think im gettin closer to gettin it please take a look at the code below that i have modified and see if you see anything wrong. Thanx

<?php include ("http://www.islandflava.net/header.php"); ?>

<?php 
($feature_id = $_GET['$feature_id']); 
if (isset($feature_id)) { 

include ("http://islandflava.net/feature.php" . $feature_id . "878.php"); 
} else { 

echo "Please select an ID for the news archive."; 

} 
?>

Now the page feature.php does not load up.... and as u can see i have defined it.however the header.php that you told me to create seems to load properly but i think for the most part im having problems figuering out where to put the 878.php am i puttin it in the right section....or should i included it in the "include" section?.... sorry for been so naive about php but your help is much appreciated.....thanx.....

jzone84

this is the link i have used on the main page to access that section.....

http://www.islandflava.net/feature.php?news_id=878

as u can see the header loads up fine but the feature.php does not seem to work...i still think im doin something wrong with the coding.....

Gonwee

Get rid of the () and the $ inside the $GET[]

($feature_id = $_GET['$feature_id']);

// Change to

$feature_id = $_GET['feature_id';

Your include will only bring up, "feature.php1878.php" which doesn't exist.

Assuming you have a features folder, it should look like this.

include("/features/".$feature_id.".php");

, which will end up like "/features/878.php"

That will give you a real link to a page in the features folder(in the root directory of the webserver)

If you don't have a features folder, then you can drop the first part, ie make it just

include($feature_id.".php");

jzone84

Okay here the php code i have in there

<?php include ("http://www.islandflava.net/header.php"); ?>


<?php 
$feature_id = $_GET['feature_id'; 
if (isset($feature_id)) { 

include($feature_id."878.php");
} else { 

echo "Please select an ID for the news archive."; 

} 
?>

Now this is what i get........ http://www.islandflava.net/feature.php

i get ablank syntax page...... i made all the canges you told me to make....or did i?

Gonwee

You need a closing bracket at the line with,

$feature_id = $_GET['feature_id'];

And what does page 878.php have in it?