PHP webpage layout help

hipfunkyjive

Here is my question:

I'm new to php, but recently created a site with php modules.

each .php page calls a header.php, nav.php, footer.php, and content.php.

What i was wondering was is there a way to have the index.php remain static (meaning you never leave the page ) but that each time you click a link it calls a different content.php module?

Right now the site has around ten seperate pages. for instance, index.php, projects.php, etc. What i want is ONE page that displays different "content.php" modules when a link is selected.

Any ideas would help!!😕

kbc1

I would use mod_rewrite to ensure every request goes to your index.php script and then based on what link was clicked, you could include the associated php script.

So lets say you have links like such:

<a href="/posters">Posters</a>
<a href="/cards">Cards</a>

When one is clicked, you use the last part of the URI (lets say 'cards') and apply it to the code below:

require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] 	. '/scripts/' . $url . '.php');

$url would contain the word 'cards'.

Hope that helps.

hipfunkyjive

Ok so here is the actual php code in my site in the <body> tag:

and the nav.php specifically:

<div id="menu1">
<img src="images/browseBar.png" />
<ul>
<li><a href="index.php" title="">OSWM Home</a></li>

<li><a href="news.php" title="">News</a></li>
<li><a href="projects.php" title="">Projects</a></li>
<li><a href="membership.php" title="">Membership</a></li>
<li><a href="bylaws.php" title="">Bylaws</a></li>
<li><a href="portfolios.php" title="">Portfolios</a></li>
<li><a href="http://studentorg.ecpi.edu/oswm/Garden/" title="" target="_blank">The Garden</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

So what you are saying is:

instead of this:

do this:

and in the php code add this:

<body>
<div id="container">
<?php

require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/scripts/' . $indexContent . '.php');

include 'modules/header.php';
include 'modules/newsfeed.php';
include 'modules/navigation.php';
include 'modules/content.php';
include 'modules/footer.php';
?>
</div>

Now would I have to add a line like that for each link?

kbc1

no not exactly.

Your links would be set up like this:

<ul>
<li><a href="/" title="">OSWM Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/events" title="">Events</a></li>
<li><a href="/news" title="">News</a></li> 
<li><a href="/projects" title="">Projects</a></li> 
<li><a href="/membership" title="">Membership</a></li>
<li><a href="/bylaws" title="">Bylaws</a></li>
<li><a href="/portfolios" title="">Portfolios</a></li>
<li><a href="http://studentorg.ecpi.edu/oswm/Garden/" title="" target="_blank">The Garden</a></li>
</ul>

And then you use a htaccess file to implement apache mod_rewrites which allows you to force all requests back to your index.php script.

Take a read of this article which is where I originall learned how to do it:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/succeed

I hope that helps!