[RESOLVED] Trying to add dynamic page

[globalflash]

I am a serious newbie with PHP and have inherited a dynamic website and I am trying to add a dynamic page to the control panel/manager page of the website. I have figured out how to add a dynamic page using xml but the problem is I cannot attach a table to the proper xml code. Here is the xml code and the page that i added is under "list no=204 test".

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="gb2312"?>
<!-- edited with XMLSPY v5 rel. 2 U (http://www.xmlspy.com) by wangdong (uestc) -->

<configuration>
	<!-- &#24038;&#20391;&#26641;&#24418;&#33756;&#21333;&#30340;&#37197;&#32622;&#20449;&#24687; -->
	<tree name="left menu">
		<node name="System Manage">
			<list name="Account Manage" no="0" />
		</node>
		<node name="Ministry">
			<list name="Ministry Manage" no="201" />
		</node>
		<node name="Events">
			<list name="Events Manage" no="202" />
			<list name="Upcoming Manage" no="203" />
		</node>
		<node name="Test">
			<list name="Test Manage" no="204"/>
		</node>
	</tree>

<!-- &#27599;&#20010;&#21151;&#33021;&#33410;&#28857;&#30340;&#35774;&#32622;&#21442;&#25968; -->
<list no="0" 
	win_title="Account Manage->System Account Manage" 
	data_table="user" 

	field_name="id,user_id,user_name,user_password"
	field_name_cn="id,userID,username,password"
	field_help=""
	field_type="int,vchar2,vchar2,vchar2"
	field_default_value=""
	upload_path=""
	simple_select=""
	select=""

	grd_title="id,userID,username"
	grd_field="id,user_id,user_name"
	grd_width="10%,45%,45%"
	grd_from="user"
	grd_where=""
	grd_order=""

	menu_function="modify,search,refresh"
	menu_function_1="save,return"
/>

<list no="201" 
	win_title="Ministry->Ministry Content Manage" 
	data_table="t_ministry" 

	field_name="id,w_text"
	field_name_cn="id,content"
	field_help=""
	field_type="int,text"
	field_default_value=""
	upload_path="/images/"
	simple_select=""
	select=""

	grd_title="id,content"
	grd_field="id,w_text"
	grd_width="10%,90%"
	grd_from="t_ministry"
	grd_where=""
	grd_order=""

	menu_function="modify,search,refresh"
	menu_function_1="save,return"
/>

<list no="202" 
	win_title="Events->Events Content Manage" 
	data_table="t_events" 

	field_name="id,w_title,w_date,w_intro,w_url"
	field_name_cn="id,title,date,introduction,upload"
	field_help=""
	field_type="int,vchar2,date,vchar2,upload"
	field_default_value=""
	upload_path="/files/"
	simple_select=""
	select=""

	grd_title="id,title,date,intro"
	grd_field="id,w_title,w_date,w_intro"
	grd_width="10%,20%,20%,50%"
	grd_from="t_events"
	grd_where=""
	grd_order=""

	menu_function="modify,search,refresh,add,delete"
	menu_function_1="save,return"
/>

<list no="203" 
	win_title="Events->Upcoming Content Manage" 
	data_table="t_upcom" 

	field_name="id,w_text"
	field_name_cn="id,content"
	field_help=""
	field_type="int,text"
	field_default_value=""
	upload_path="/images/"
	simple_select=""
	select=""

	grd_title="id,content"
	grd_field="id,w_text"
	grd_width="10%,90%"
	grd_from="t_upcom"
	grd_where=""
	grd_order=""

	menu_function="modify,search,refresh,add,delete"
	menu_function_1="save,return"
/>

<list no="204" 
	win_title="Test->Test Content Manage" 
	data_table="t_ministry" 

	field_name="id,w_text"
	field_name_cn="id,content"
	field_help=""
	field_type="int,text"
	field_default_value=""
	upload_path=""
	simple_select=""
	select=""

	grd_title="id,content"
	grd_field="id,w_text"
	grd_width="10%,90%"
	grd_from="t_ministry"
	grd_where=""
	grd_order=""

	menu_function="modify,search,refresh"
	menu_function_1="save,return"
/>
</configuration>

The "t_ministry", "t_events", and "t_upcom" are created tables or uploadfiles (i can't find them anywhere) I have created a test page under list no =204 but the only way I can make it work is to use the "t_ministry" table.

I have two questions:
1. Is the "t_ministry" table embedded where they are not viewable?
2. If this is so, how can I create a simple text table that will be able to be directed by the xml code data_table= and grd_from=

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[leatherback]

Hi Global,

Sorry to disappoint you.. From the code you have shown us, it is impossible to tell how the website is organized. You really should talk to the person who handed it down to you. All I can say is that IF it uses a database, you probably have a database manager somewhere installed, such as phpmyadmin, which would let you view the individual tables in the database. Otherwise, there should be some flat-files stored on the system, but as you say: You cannot find them,

Best in this case -as you are also really new to it all- is to ask the peron who did this before you, or who created it, to run the whole thing by you.

[globalflash]

Thanks for help.

[greenie2600]

globalflash -

You may also want to try inserting a space before the /> in your new entry in the XML file. I don't know too much about XML, but some XHTML parsers don't react well if that space isn't there.

But, yeah, leatherback is right—your question has to do with the specific architecture of this particular site, and since we don't know anything about that architecture, unfortunately we can't help.

If the site uses a content management package of some kind, find the project's site, and look for documentation on the proper way to add new pages. If the architecture is home-brew, all you can really do is (a) ask the people who built it, (b) hope they commented their code well and provided good documentation (don't hold your breath), or (c) get ready to learn a lot more about PHP 🙂

[globalflash]

thanks