Any idea how can do this below with "?pathid="

[westmatrix99]

Any idea how can do this below with "?pathid="
index.php?pathid=link1.php

<a href="index.php">Home</a>
<a href="index.php?pathid=link1.php">Contacts</a>
<a href="index.php?pathid=link2.php">Search</a>
<a href="index.php?pathid=link3.php">Site map</a>
<a href="index.php?pathid=link4.php">Disclaimer</a>

[abduraooft]

Sorry, your intention is not clear from your question.
Any value passed through url as above will be obtained through $_GET[] globla array. So in you case it'll be $_GET['pathid']

[westmatrix99]

The objective is to keep the index.php page and just call up the next new page using the include option; hence the link
?pathid=link1.php

I could use iframes but would prefer to use something better than that.

[Fumigator]

Either we are missing something or this is just a matter of using the $_GET value that is sent, i.e. include ($_GET['pathid']);. Be careful though; you want to verify and validate the values in the $_GET array otherwise those ha><orz will be able to stick anything in your pathid variable which could be bad.

[westmatrix99]

Got this in the centre of the HTML page.

<?
if(isset($_GET['pathid']))
include('/path/to/files/'.$_GET['pathid']);
else
include('home.php');
?>

I use this to call it:

href="index.php?pathid=page_name.php"

It works, don't need to check it for other stuff - if the page does not exist in the path then it wont show - simple.

Thank you all for your help on this one.
I am converting all my sites that have tables to css as well.

[Inigoesdr]

Now suppose I pass config.php, or the path to another file on a shared server that would display the contents of your files. Or a file in /tmp. It's not smart at all to just blindly include files based on user input. You need to have a list of files that are allowed to be included. An easy way to do this is make an array, and use in_array() to make sure the file is allowed. If it's not give an error/show the index.

[westmatrix99]

Sounds great and very helpful;
Only thing is I got this today.
I have no idea how the array system works, or how I would get it work with what I learnt today.

[Inigoesdr]

$allowed = array('page.php',
'page2.php',
'contact.php',
'main.php'
);

if(in_array($_GET['pathid'], $allowed))
{
include($_GET['pathid']);
}
else
{
// error
}

[westmatrix99]

This looks good, THANK YOU!

I am testing it right now.

Cheers
West

[westmatrix99]

Works F'n GREAT - you know your stuff about this PHP and naughty tricks.
Very cool!

THANKS AGAIN

This is what I got:


<?php
$allowed = array('index.php',
'links.php',
'contact.php',
'home.php'
);

if(in_array($_GET['pathid'], $allowed))
{
if(isset($_GET['pathid']))
include('./'.$_GET['pathid']);
//include($_GET['pathid']);
}else{
// error do nothing except tell them off in a nice way.
echo "<BR>";
echo "<BR>";
echo "PISS OFF!";
}
?>

[Fumigator]

// error do nothing except tell them off in a nice way.
echo "<BR>";
echo "<BR>";
echo "PISS OFF!";

Oh I am SO stealing this code! :D

[westmatrix99]

Enjoy, it's as free as PHP will ever be.