Help with this php stuff

[SplitCo]

Ok so Im working on this webpage engine type thing and what I want is so that every page will have the include for easy updating. So for navagation in this code I want it to be like if I had a link goto page1 then it would be domain.com/index.php?view=page1 and in the code it would know where to go and Im very confused and dont know a ton about php. Heres the code so far:

<? include("header.php"); ?>


<?
if ($_GET["error"] == "404") {
echo "404: page not found!<BR><BR>";
echo "<a href=index.php>main page</a>";
}
elseif ($_GET["view"] == "page1") {

include("page1.php");
}
elseif ($_GET["view"] == "page2") {

include("page2.php");

}
elseif ($_GET["view"] == "page3") {

include("page3.php");

}
elseif ($_GET["view"] == "page4") {

include("page4.php");

}
elseif ($_GET["view"] == "page5") {

include("page5.php");

}
elseif ($_GET["view"] == "page6") {

include("page6.php");

}
elseif ($_GET["view"] == "page7") {

include("page7.php");

}
elseif ($_GET["view"] == "page8") {

include("page8.php");

}
else {
include("main.php");
}

?>

<? include("footer.php"); ?>

[qball]

what if they _POST?

Cannot use includes this way, unless PHP changed, because, includes processed before other PHP code.

If your page takes all requests, just pocess in same PHP?

[gothic]

Actually, PHP will handle includes that way.

What errors are you recieving when someone loads that page?

[SplitCo]

I get this: Notice: Undefined index: view in D:\blah\blah\index.php on line blah

[jkrohn]

Try making them like so
$_GET[view] == "page8")

Remove the quotes from view and see if that works for you.

Jkrohn

[qball]

oops, you're right, was thinking of ASP, or JSP...

Or maybe require()?

"Prior to PHP 4.0.2, the following applies: require() will always attempt to read the target file, even if the line it's on never executes."

Anyway, error seems to be if statement.

Try posted and:

$_GET['view'] == 'page8')

view is a form field, not $var, need '

[SplitCo]

Nope....it still comes up with the same error.

[SplitCo]

I asked this in a different forum and they didnt say much and took like a day to answer but they said to use switch case but I dont know anything about it.

[jkrohn]

view is a form field, not $var, need '

False the ' is not necessary

Swich statement works as follows:
switch($_GET[view]) {
case 'page1': include("page1.php"); break;
case 'page2': include("page2.php"); break;
case 'page3': include("page3.php"); break;
etc...

}

Jkrohn

[SplitCo]

I still get an error but now its:

Notice: Use of undefined constant view - assumed 'view' in blah on line blah
and
Notice: Undefined index: view in blah on line blah