[RESOLVED] Header array

chrisguk

Hey guys,

I keep getting parse errors with the following and when I change to how I think it should be I get undefined variable, any ideas whats wrong with it:

pages.php

<?php


$pages = array(
    'another_page' => array( 
            $title = 'Another Title',
            $keyword = 'some more keywords', 
            $description = 'A better description.' 
        ),
    'another_page' => array( 
            $title = 'Another Title', 
            $keyword = 'some more keywords', 
            $description = 'A better description.' 
        ),
    'default' => array( 
            $title = 'Another Title', 
            $keyword = 'some more keywords', 
            $description = 'A better description.'
        )
);
$page = 'default';
if(isset($_GET['page']) and isset($pages[$_GET['page']])) {
    $page = $_GET['page'];
}
?>

index.php:

<?php require_once 'pages.php';
$title = 'title'; 
$keyword = 'keyword'; 
$description = 'description';
?>
<html>
    <head>
        <title><?php echo $pages[$page]['title'];?></title>
		<meta name='keywords' content=<?php echo $pages[$page]['keyword'];?> />
		<meta name='description' content=<?php echo $pages[$page]['description'];?> />
    </head>
    <body>

<p>Some text</p>	


</body>
</html>

bradgrafelman

What errors? And with which piece of code?

Regardless, neither of the code snippets you posted will cause any parse errors.

chrisguk

Hi Brad thanks for the reply.

This is what I get:

Notice: Undefined index: keyword in /var/www/test/index.php on line 9
/> Notice: Undefined index: description in /var/www/test/index.php on line 10
/>

Some text

chrisguk

chrisguk;11002402 wrote:
Hi Brad thanks for the reply.

This is what I get:

Notice: Undefined index: keyword in /var/www/test/index.php on line 9
/> Notice: Undefined index: description in /var/www/test/index.php on line 10
/>

Some text

Sorry I fixed that they were missing ""

But in the title bar I get undefined index on title

cretaceous

$pages = array(
'another_page' => array(
$title = 'Another Title',
$keyword = 'some more keywords',
$description = 'A better description.'
),

Re the above array, the element at position '0' of $pages[$page] is not called 'title'
That sub array is an indexed array, not an associative array

so you can't do this:
<?php echo $pages[$page]['title'];?>

what you can do is
<?php echo $pages[$page][0];?>

alternately you could build the sub array with => operator
no idea if that fixes the errors !

//or better put by Brad G as I forgot to write about the variable in there

chrisguk

😕😕😕😕

Would you suggest a fix for this. I made the values unique as you suggested?

gammaster

I don't want to be mean, but would you have an array index for all of your pages?

There could be over 60 content pages, comprising of a blog, newsletter and registration in the future. It would be suicide to create a site so large without some server-side content.

Did your design feel right to you? 🙂

chrisguk

gammaster;11002427 wrote:
I don't want to be mean, but would you have an array index for all of your pages?

Did your design feel right to you? 🙂

You are not being mean, I listen to you guys for advice because I dont know better.

I guess you would be right that I would need an array for all the pages.

Not ideal then huh? again I dont know a better way so if you can help then that would be cool 🙂

cretaceous

he means, in the nicest possible way, ffs use a database

you clearly know your way around using the server and are not new to the entire topic of websites, (form reading your other posts) so thank yourself and use a db
- it's really not hard
your site can take off then

chrisguk

"not new to websites" , "know your way around a server" 🙂 🙂 I take that as a compliment lol

Okay, I give in, Running away to put together a simple MySQL DB

tail between legs lol

cretaceous

You're probably going to need to use a javascript styler (tiny mce or fckedit) and if you use lots of pictures freely placed on the page that can be a pain to implement
.. so you've got your work cut out however simple the page layout is
It's also worth considering things like wordpress, drupal etc
But a database will get you more bang for your buck than friendly urls