n00b echos and includes

wolf99 · 12-30-2008, 07:36 AM

Hi All

I have recently started learning PHP in rather peicemeal fashion, trying bits on my site as i go.

i have been using a switch loop in navigation for a while to include the page's main content. Now I want to change the heading text (that is part of the static page) to reflect teh current page content.

Currently I have settled on using a second switch that echo's out the change dependant on th passed id (as is the other switch is also), but this is a bit heavy handed. Is there any sleeker standards compliant (accessibility v. important) method of acheiving same??

thanks for help or pointers!

sde · 12-31-2008, 05:16 AM

hmm .. what exactly are you working on? .. a normal web site? can you show any examples of what you're talking about?

i could take a guess at what you're trying to achieve, but it would probably be way off cause i'm not certain what you're talking about.

Maybe you're in need of a templating system, or maybe you're just looking for an alternate way of doing things? There's a million ways to architect re-usable headerr/nav/footers in a site, ... here's one very simple example.

includes/global_header.php

PHP Code:

 
<html>
<title><?php echo $page_title; ?></title>
<body>
  <h1>My Cool Site</h1>
  <div class="nav">
    <a href="/">Home</a>
    <a href="some_page.php">Some Page</a>
  </div>

includes/global_footer.php

PHP Code:

  <br />
&copy 2008 All Rights Reserved
</body>
</html>

some_page.php

PHP Code:

  <?php
$page_title = "Some Page";

include 'includes/global_header.php';
?>

This is some page ...

<?php
include 'includes/global_footer.php';
?>

wolf99 · 01-08-2009, 08:16 AM

hey sde

thanks for your help, I was following up on it when I came across a method I think will sit better into the page I have

PHP Code:

 
Re: n00b include and echo Q

to keep the basic layout of the PHP on your page, you could just have your switch at the beginning of the page, and make variables for the title and include. a quick example:

 
PHP Code:

<?php

  switch($_GET['page']){

    case "about":

      $title "About Me";

      $include = "abt.php";

      break;

    case "contact":

      $title = "Contact Me";

      $include = "cntct.php";

      break;

    case else:

      $title = "Home";

      $include = "home.php";

  }

?>

<h1><?php echo $title; ?></h1>

<blockquote>

<?php include($include); ?>

</blockquote>

If ya wan to check the site out: Curriculum Vitae of Toby Mole just a cv site i made to experiment with code and stuff

thanks again

sde · 01-08-2009, 11:50 AM

great to hear. thanks for the update.