[RESOLVED] Include based on given ID

[zah]

Hi there, I'm using this script to include pages based on the ID a person gives. It looks like this:

<?php if ($id==1) 
{ 
include('about.php'); 
} elseif ($id==2)
{
include('plans.php');
} elseif ($id==3)
{
include('apply.php');
} elseif ($id==4)
{
include('support.php);
} else {
include(home.php);
} ?>

However, I keep getting the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/public_html/arcadiahost/index.php on line 36

[NogDog]

missing quote at the end of the id=4 file name and no quotes around the default file name.

PS: You could probably do that more cleanly with a switch or an array instead of a bunch of if/eleif/else statements.

$pages = array(
   1 => 'about.php',
   2 => 'plans.php',
   3 => 'apply.php',
   4 => 'support.php'
);
$file = (isset($pages[$id])) ? $pages[$id] : 'default.php';
include $file;

[zah]

Thank you so much! And thanks for the pointer as well, cleaner is definitely better. 🙂