execute the script inside the html

Anon

Hello,

I want to include a page inside my web page (i use the include function now).
That page is a form and when I press the submit button, my web page
dissapears and only the page associated with the form (like the thank
you page) appears.
I would like that that thank you page would be inside my web page as
well.

Maybe someone could help me whether it would be possible to control that the pages
(scripts) would be executed only within my web page no matter how many
attached pages they have to it.

THANK YOU.
Egle

polson

a common (very basic) way to maintain footers/headers throughout a site :

form.php

<?php include 'header.php' ?>

<?php include 'footer.php' ?>

thankyou.php

<?php include 'header.php' ?>

<h3>thanks</h3>

<?php include 'footer.php' ?>

index.php

<?php include 'header.php' ?>

<?php include 'footer.php' ?>

Another fairly common way :

if ($action == 'about') {

include 'about.php';
// do about stuff

} elseif ($action == 'login') {

include 'login.php';
// do login stuff

} else {

echo '<h3>default</h3>';
include 'default.php';

}

Unlimited elseif checks. Using switch structure also makes some people happy. And it can eventually get much more complicated.

Anon

if I understand you right, you're screaming for frames 🙂)
Have a look at some good HTML Tutorial Page or HowTo and it should be no problem ...

sorry but the only good HTML Source I know is in german (http://www.teamone.de/selfhtml/) ... otherwise I would have included a link
hope that helps
cya Rob

Anon

that's the problem.
i don't want to use frames, but I don't know whether I could make my plan into practise without them....

maybe the php could help? any ideas?

thanks!

Anon

Dude,

Have you considered using $PHP_SELF with a bit of OOP (object oriented programming)

This is what I would do.

Firstly if you have a lot of pages that are going to be displayed - consider using OO approach - it is a blast to use and updating pages is easy...
This is how I would right your page

<?
$html_form="

<head>
<title>
My form
</title>
</head>
<body>
//Now we start the form
<form method=post action=$PHP_SELF>
//If you are not familiar with $PHP_SELF - this is a varialbe that tells PHP engine //to look for the code within the same file (whatever the name of your form file). //Meaning that you do not have to have a second file in order to process your
//form input
<br>
<input type=text name=some_input>
<br>
//Assign to your submit button a name
<input type=submit name=enter value=Process>
</form>";

echo "$html_form";
//Now we are writing code to process your form
if($enter)
{
echo "Thanks a bunch!!!<br>";
}
?>

That way all your code is within one file. Some other things you might consider... within a form you can create different submit buttons and give them different names and according to individual button clicked you assign something to be displayed in a similar fashion like the conditional statement above...

If you want to go more complex Object Oriented Programming is the way to go...

Hope that helps,