Begininger to PHP, requesting a little help

**Sacs** · Jul 17 '05, 09:38 AM

Re: Begininger to PHP, requesting a little help

Eric R. wrote:[color=blue]
> I was looking through php.net's help guide and a few other documents
> that I cam across on the web but I am still having trouble finding the
> information I am looking for. So I came here...
>
> Here is my question:
> I was wondering if there was a way to load information into a page
> without using SQL or anything fancy. Say I had a page setup with the
> body of the page being pulled in with a 'require' command and a menu
> bar on the left. (This page would be my index.php). I was wondering if
> there was a way to make the links on the menubar pull different
> information into the page where the require command is. Perhaps making
> different links into variables and then calling those variables with
> the menu links.
>
> I really don't know how to explain this but I think it is rather
> simple. If anyone knows how to go about this and would like to take
> the time to respond to this it would be greatly appreciated. Thank
> you!
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric Rines
>
> Thanks in advance for any help with my issue at hand![/color]

Perhaps something like:

index.php:

<html>
<head></head>
<body>

<table border=1 width=80%>
<tr>
<td width=200>
<ul>
<li><a href="index.php ?t=main">Main</a></li>
<li><a href="index.php ?t=news">News</a></li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>

<?php
$t=$_GET['t'];
switch($t) {
case ("main") :
require "main.php";
break;
case ("news") :
require "news.php";
break;
default:
require "home.php";
break;
}
?>

</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

**Andy Jacobs** · Jul 17 '05, 09:38 AM

Re: Begininger to PHP, requesting a little help

On 18/11/04 11:15 pm, in article %1and.3607$9A.1 44872@news.xtra .co.nz,
"Sacs" <alan_nospam_@w ay.co.nz> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Eric R. wrote:[color=green]
>> I was looking through php.net's help guide and a few other documents
>> that I cam across on the web but I am still having trouble finding the
>> information I am looking for. So I came here...
>>
>> Here is my question:
>> I was wondering if there was a way to load information into a page
>> without using SQL or anything fancy. Say I had a page setup with the
>> body of the page being pulled in with a 'require' command and a menu
>> bar on the left. (This page would be my index.php). I was wondering if
>> there was a way to make the links on the menubar pull different
>> information into the page where the require command is. Perhaps making
>> different links into variables and then calling those variables with
>> the menu links.
>>
>> I really don't know how to explain this but I think it is rather
>> simple. If anyone knows how to go about this and would like to take
>> the time to respond to this it would be greatly appreciated. Thank
>> you!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Eric Rines
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help with my issue at hand![/color]
>
> Perhaps something like:
>
> index.php:
>
> <html>
> <head></head>
> <body>
>
> <table border=1 width=80%>
> <tr>
> <td width=200>
> <ul>
> <li><a href="index.php ?t=main">Main</a></li>
> <li><a href="index.php ?t=news">News</a></li>
> </ul>
> </td>
> <td>
>
> <?php
> $t=$_GET['t'];[/color]

<snip>

I'm pretty new to this. Is $_GET the same as $HTTP_POST_VARS ? If it is,
why are there 2 ways of doing it?

Andy

**Sacs** · Jul 17 '05, 09:38 AM

Re: Begininger to PHP, requesting a little help

>[color=blue]
> <snip>
>
> I'm pretty new to this. Is $_GET the same as $HTTP_POST_VARS ? If it is,
> why are there 2 ways of doing it?
>
> Andy
>[/color]
Hi Andy,

PHP: Predefined Variables - Manual

http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php

Predefined Variables

Well, $_GET uses GET variables (visible on the url), $HTTP_POST_VARS
uses POSTed variables (within a METHOD=POST form), so I think your
question is whether $_GET and $HTTP_GET_VARS are the same.

$HTTP_GET_VARS is used prior to PHP 4.1.0 and was not superglobal. Since
then it is reccomended to use $_GET and $_POST etc which are superglobals.

Apparantly... :-)

Sacs

**Christopher A. Kelly** · Jul 17 '05, 09:39 AM

Re: Begininger to PHP, requesting a little help

I'm trying to pass a var called "u" in an url aka
www.mysite.com/myscript.php?text=string&u=BOOL. I need it to be read
as a bool so that a user could use 1,true,TRUE or 0,false,FALSE for
the value. how can i do this?

i have tried
if(isset($_GET['u']) && $_GET['u'] == 1)
{
$text = strtoupper($_GE T['text']);
}
else
{
$text = $_GET['text'];
}
but 0,false,FALSE works and
1 works however true,and TRUE doesn't. i am somewhat new to php and am
sure it is something stupid that i have overlooked.

Sacs <alan_nospam_@w ay.co.nz> wrote in message news:<XGbnd.363 4$9A.146031@new s.xtra.co.nz>.. .[color=blue][color=green]
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > I'm pretty new to this. Is $_GET the same as $HTTP_POST_VARS ? If it is,
> > why are there 2 ways of doing it?
> >
> > Andy
> >[/color]
> Hi Andy,
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php
>
> Well, $_GET uses GET variables (visible on the url), $HTTP_POST_VARS
> uses POSTed variables (within a METHOD=POST form), so I think your
> question is whether $_GET and $HTTP_GET_VARS are the same.
>
> $HTTP_GET_VARS is used prior to PHP 4.1.0 and was not superglobal. Since
> then it is reccomended to use $_GET and $_POST etc which are superglobals.
>
> Apparantly... :-)
>
> Sacs[/color]

**Pedro Graca** · Jul 17 '05, 09:39 AM

Re: Begininger to PHP, requesting a little help

Christopher A. Kelly top-posted:[color=blue]
> I'm trying to pass a var called "u" in an url aka
> www.mysite.com/myscript.php?text=string&u=BOOL. I need it to be read
> as a bool so that a user could use 1,true,TRUE or 0,false,FALSE for
> the value. how can i do this?
>
> i have tried
> if(isset($_GET['u']) && $_GET['u'] == 1)
> {
> $text = strtoupper($_GE T['text']);
> }
> else
> {
> $text = $_GET['text'];
> }
> but 0,false,FALSE works and
> 1 works however true,and TRUE doesn't. i am somewhat new to php and am
> sure it is something stupid that i have overlooked.[/color]

true and TRUE do not work (???) because they always go to the else part
of your if().

I'd do that somewhat differently:

if (isset($_GET['u'])) {
switch (strtolower($_G ET['u'])) {
case '1':
case 'true':
case 'y':
case 'yes':
$text = 'TRUE';
break;
default:
$text = 'FALSE';
break;
}
}
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