[Help] Making a main index page

[SomeoneSpecial99]

Im trying to create a index file for my site that receives arguments like this: "someonespecial99.com/?p=pagenamehere"

The thing i need help with is getting the ?p= function, Can anyone help me with this please? thx

[SomeoneSpecial99]

an example i found is "http://ac3-servers.eu", When you click a button in left sidebar then it will use ?p=whateva.php to retrieve the page

[Labtec]

Good evening,

 

So you want to be able to display certain pages depending on $_GET variables passed via URL?

 

Kind regards,

 

Lab.

[SomeoneSpecial99]

Good evening,

 

So you want to be able to display certain pages depending on $_GET variables passed via URL?

 

Kind regards,

 

Lab.

Yes

[Ingolme]

A simple example is to include a file:

 

simply:

 

include $_GET['p'] . '.php';

 

For security, there are restrictions, a simple way to restrict is to only allow a few names:

if(!isset($_GET['p']) {    $_GET['p'] = '';}switch($_GET['p']) {    case '';    case 'home':      include 'home.php';    break;    case 'about':        include 'about.php';    break;    case 'contact':        include 'contact.php';    break;    default:        // Send a 404 Not Found header        header('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found');        include '404.php';}

[SomeoneSpecial99]

A simple example is to include a file: simply:

include $_GET['p'] . '.php';

For security, there are restrictions, a simple way to restrict is to only allow a few names:

if(!isset($_GET['p']) {    $_GET['p'] = '';}switch($_GET['p']) {    case '';    case 'home':      include 'home.php';    break;    case 'about':        include 'about.php';    break;    case 'contact':        include 'contact.php';    break;    default:        // Send a 404 Not Found header        header('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found');        include '404.php';}

Sorry, Im still kinda new at php so I have 1 problem that has arose This is the code i used:

<?phpinclude $_GET['q'] . '.php';if(!isset($_GET['q']) {  // $q=$_GET["q"];    $_GET['q'] = '';}switch($_GET['q']) {    case '';    case 'home':      include 'home.html';    break;    case 'about':        include 'about.php';    break;    case 'contact':        include 'contact.php';    break;    default:        // Send a 404 Not Found header        header('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found');        include '404.php';}?>

And this is the error (DreamWeaver said syntax error aswell)

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in /home/someone1/public_html/index.php on line 3

Any help please?

 

btw: this file is currently hosted at http://www.someonespecial99.com/index.php

Edited September 9, 2013 by SomeoneSpecial99

[astralaaron]

if(!isset($_GET['q']) {

in this line of the code there is a missing ")" :

 

it should be:

 

if(!isset($_GET['q'])) {

Edited September 9, 2013 by astralaaron

[Ingolme]

I forgot a closing parenthesis, as astralaaron pointed out.

 

It was an easy mistake to find, given the error messages. Learning to debug error messages on your own is an important skill. It tells you exactly where the error is occurring so you can look there and see what's wrong.

[SomeoneSpecial99]

if(!isset($_GET['q']) {in this line of the code there is a missing ")" : it should be: if(!isset($_GET['q'])) {

 

I forgot a closing parenthesis, as astralaaron pointed out. It was an easy mistake to find, given the error messages. Learning to debug error messages on your own is an important skill. It tells you exactly where the error is occurring so you can look there and see what's wrong.

 

Ok, now that I have raged at my debugging failure (I could see that problem but not see it ~_~)

I had a bug where the import occurred twice, But out of self debugging fixed it,

Thanks for all the help

[Labtec]

Good evening,

 

Have you got it working?

 

Kind regards,

 

Lab.

[SomeoneSpecial99]

Good evening, Have you got it working? Kind regards, Lab.

Hi Lab,Yes, I have managed to get it fully working as expected,Thanks for the help everyone ;P