[nicpon]

i have created a layout for my page nicpon.net/index.php and this is my code for idnex.php

PHP Code:

<? 

include("header.php"); 

include("leftmenu.php"); 

include("body.php"); 

include("footer.php"); 

?>

. Also i have db in mysql ready to use and i woulid like to make links on the leftmenu to my db so that it shows db content dynamically inthe body section. can you guys give me some advice how should i code php to in order to have different stuff from db displayed in body section??Right now i dont use any frames everything basend on tables as you can see in source of index.php but if i have to i can put it in frames or whatever is neccessary.

[Acecool]

mysql_connect()
mysql_select_db()
mysql_query()
mysql_fetch_array() in a while()

http://www.php.net/mysql_connect
http://www.php.net/mysql_select_db
http://www.php.net/mysql_query
http://www.php.net/mysql_fetch_array
http://www.php.net/while

Those are the functions you need :-)

[nicpon]

i know how to read db and how to lay it out on the website but i dont know how to code index.php so that it will change the content of body.php or even load different file??

[greybird]

Well it depends on how you want to do it. To know what page the user is on you will need to check for some value in the URL, so you will need to check $_GET['var'], and then you can either just directly include a different file according to the page; i.e. if the url is mypage.php?id=contact then you include the contact page (checking to make sure the user is allowed to include that page first - we dont want them viewing the password files like this).

Secondly, you could check the URL for a value and then search the database to find what page to include, or simply grab the page from the database itself.

Make sense?

[nicpon]

yeah, i would like to check which page is currecntly in the browser and then make some links to other pages.Do you have code for that ??

[greybird]

With links like:
index.php?p=home
index.php?p=about

PHP Code:

if(isset($_GET['p'])){

   $page = $_GET['p'];

}else{

   $page = 'home';

}



//runs some checks to make sure you want to show this page to the user

include("includes/pages/".$page.".php"); 

Etc.

[nicpon]

greybird,
when i use your code i`m getting this errorrs http://nicpon.net/index.php
even though the file home.php is in therehttp://nicpon.net/home.php. What do you sugest ??

[wizkid]

Your home.php should be located in your include path.

[nicpon]

if i include my home.php like this

PHP Code:

include("home.php"); 

then i cant control the files

[wizkid]

what do you mean you cant control the files?

Try to locate your include path and place your home.php there.