index.php?page=somthing - How do I do this?

[vbman213]

I am wondering how people make sites that appears to have one document index.php and they navigate with index.php?page="somthing"

I would like to implement this in my own site but I don't know how

[schwim]

Hey there,

This is what I use for all of my scripts:

//Global header so your site looks uniform.
if(isset($_GET['page'])){
	$page = $_GET['page'];
}else{
	$page = 'default';
}

switch ($page) {
	/*This is where you define what goes in your page*/
	case "something" :
             include('something.php');
       	break;

/*Hey, Hey, doin the default!*/
case "default" :
         echo("Welcome to my home page");
    break;
}

//Global footer so your page can be swaddled by a common theme.

The first IF keeps you from getting an error if someone visits index.php without a value in the URL for page.

thanks,
json

[Horizon88]

His code is a good example of a way to do this, just please DON'T do something like:

if (isset($_GET['page'])) {
   include($_GET['page']);
}

That's just stupid. 🙁 Make sure you specify a selection of pages and an actual file, like his code does. 😉

[halojoy]

hi!

And this is my variant of the schwim code.

The $filename here is to be included in my Main Template body.
I added the POST option, just in case I need it

$pagdr = directory with pages, 'mypages/'
$startpage = 'index.htm'
$reqpg = requested page
$pagefile = the file
$pagename = title of page
404.htm = custom not found error page

<?php

$reqpg=isset($_GET['page'])? $_GET['page'] : $startpage;
$reqpg=isset($_POST['page'])? $_POST['page'] : $reqpg;
if(empty($reqpg))
    $reqpg=$startpage;

$pagefile=$pagdr . $reqpg;
$pagename=$reqpg;

if(!is_file($pagefile)){
    $pagefile=$pagdr . '404.htm';
    $pagename='Not found';
}

?>