Links pulling php info to main table.

[Dhaling2011]

Thanks to anyone who helps! I searched and could not find an answer.
This code used to work.. but been a while since I have done anything in php. Need some help?

What I am trying to do is have my links pull info on a separate php file and put in my main table on page. Therefore the main webpage does not have to load each time. Just text on main change. Here is my old code so you get an idea..

This is in the table I want my info to appear..

<?php / START MAIN AREA HERE /
if($news) include("news.php");
elseif($bio) include("bio.php");
elseif($draw) include("draw.php");
elseif($pic) include("pic.php");
else include("news.php");
/ END HERE /?>

My links have mouseovers..and look like this..

<A HREF="?news=x" ONMOUSEOVER="changeImages('home', 'images/home-over.gif'); return true;" ONMOUSEOUT="changeImages('home', 'images/home.gif'); return true;"><IMG NAME="home" SRC="images/home.gif" WIDTH=69 HEIGHT=31 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A>

Do i need to create each page in my MySQL Databases ? Or just add the php page in the same directory? I don't remember?

THANK YOU!

[bradgrafelman]

Where are the variables $news, $bio, $draw, and $pic defined?

[Mahngiel]

Have you looked into AJAX? That is what it was designed for, changing parts of pages without reloading the whole thing.

[Mahngiel]

Here is a fine link representing the use of ajax: LINK

[bradgrafelman]

Mahngiel;10975911 wrote:

Here is a fine link representing the use of ajax: LINK

There's really no AJAX used anywhere in that example... just Javascript and CSS (i.e. DHTML).

[Mahngiel]

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I know there isn't any AJAX in there, I'm suggesting he looks into it. If you look at his link, you can infer that the link results in which include to use. This type of dynamically driven site is what AJAX was designed for. Hence, my suggestion to look into applying ajax to his site.