index.php as "hub" if you will

[Goldfinger]

ok i am still kinda new to php im learning alot but i have always wondered how to make a page do this;

if i wanted to goto for example test.php than my link would be

index.php?page=test

if anyone could help me please do .

[The Prohacker]

<?php
if (!isset($page)) {
?>

Your index content here incase they didn't include a page var.
<?php
}
if ($page == "1") {
include("page1.php");
}
if ($page == "2") {
?>

Content for page two if you don't have a seperate doc for it.

<?php
}
?>

Thats one of about three differnt ways to do it....


[edit]
WooHoo, 300th post...
[/edit]

[Chen]

But if you want to actually GO to that page, then you should use a header directive, such as:

header ("Location: test.php"); 

so it'll look like this:

if ($page=="1") {
  header ("Location: page1.php");
} 

[Goldfinger]

thanks! firefly it does what i want it to do.. but how can i cloak the url to look like.. index.php?page=1 when it goes to test.php.. ?

[menator]

assuming you are using 1 page for your script you could
use the switch function

<?
switch ($page)
{
case 1:
print "page1";
break;
case 2:
print "page2";
break;
default:
print "<a href=\"$PHP_SELF?page=1\">Page 1</a> | <a href=\"$PHP_SELF?page=2\">Page 2</a> ";
break;
}
?>

Just a thought.

[Chen]

In that case Goldfinger (just saw that movie yesterday, by the way ), use what The Prohacker suggested.

[Goldfinger]

hehe goldfinger is one of my favorite movies . anyway.. i would i get it to recognize my index.php as the index when it loads... since it just includes the files.

[merk]

<?

include($page . ".php");

?>

Simple or not?

[Chen]

Yeah, but will create a nasty error when someone enters a bad name.

[merk]

I always get nasty errors in my code

[Goldfinger]

Menators way was the correct way .