PHP include problem

[dethzilla]

Hello, I'm very new to the PHP game. I've tried searching various PHP resource sites and I still have one pressing question I need answered in order to get my site off the ground.

I often see sites with things such as "main.php?id=section" in their URL. I have yet to find any tutorial on how to set up a variable include like that.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[abduraooft]

See http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.get.php, http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.post.php, http://www.tizag.com/phpT/postget.php

[dethzilla]

Thank you for the quick reply, abduraooft, but I'm afraid I'm still missing something. After reading through the links you provided, I don't yet quite understand how I do what I'm trying to do.

To elaborate, I've got my site laid out in HTML already. I've got a navigation bar to the side and I want to use PHP to call up content into the content area. How can I set the links to determine what gets displayed in said content area (this is asked in reference to the concept of "main.php?id=content")?

[Iszak]

Well in the main.php page you might have.

PHP Code:

if (isset($_GET['id']))
{
  if (file_exists("./pages/{$_GET['id']}.php"))
  {
    include "./pages/{$_GET['id']}.php";
  }

  else
  {
    include "./pages/404.php";
  }
}

else
{
  include "./pages/home.php";
} 


and then you'll store all your files in a folder called "content" and then when someone goes to main.php?id=content it'll check if the id is set if so check if file exists if it doesn't get a 404 (file doesn't exist) page that you'll create and if it is pull the page. As for no id is set (assuming someone game directly to main.php) get home page.

[dethzilla]

Perfect, that is exactly what I was going for, Iszak. Thanks much.

[hinch]

or use a switch instead of long winded if's

this is from something i'm working on atm

PHP Code:

if (!isset($_GET['LoadModule'])) {
    include "modules/home.php";
} else {
switch ($_GET['LoadModule']) {
    case "home":
         include "modules/home.php";
    break;
    case "admin":
         include "modules/admin.php";
    break;
    case "Users":
         include "modules/users.php";
    break;
    case "Settings":
         include "modules/settings.php";
    break;
    case "ACLRoles":
         include "modules/aclroles.php";
    break;
    case "leads":
         include "modules/leads.php";
    break;
    case "noteviewer":
         include "modules/noteviewer.php";
    break;
    case "admin-leadsource":
         include "modules/admin-leadsource.php";
    break;
    case "admin-leadstatus":
         include "modules/admin-leadstatus.php";
    break;
    case "admin-leadsubstatus":
         include "modules/admin-leadsubstatus.php";
    break;
    case "quicksearch":
         include "modules/quicksearch.php";
    break;
    case "notes":
         include "modules/notearchive.php";
    break;
    case "office":
         include "modules/officeadmin.php";
    break;
    case "notifications":
         include "modules/notifications.php";
    break;
    case "Calls":
         include "modules/mycalls.php";
    break;
    case "reports":
         include "modules/reports.php";
    break;
    default:
         include "modules/error.php";
    };
}