help page script

[raman]

I have a site on which I want to add a help page for each of the other pages and specific to a particular section on that page.However I want that I write only a single master documentation page and then when help for a specific section on a page is asked for then that is written to a html page .Can someone tell a script for this ?

 

 

Say this is my documentation page with different topics :

 

1.Introduction

Bla bala bla bla

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2.Search

Bladffdhgfhfhgf

dfdhfghgdfhgf

dffggfhdfhd

 

3.Download

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Also suppose that introduction and search are for help on a single html page and Download is on another webpage on the website.

 

 

[Mad Mick]

You can write a single help.php page that interrogates the $_HTTP_REFERER variable.  You can use a switch statement to provide different help for whatever page that help.php was reached by.

[raman]

Can you explain by writing the script ?

[Mad Mick]

Actually forget HTTP_REFERER - it is not widely supported.

 

Instead you can use GET variables.  So each help link on the main pages would be help.php?help=n  where n is the help topic.

 

Then your help.php could be:

 

$help_choice=$_GET['help'];
switch ($help_choice){
  case 1:
    echo "first help info";
    break;
  case 2:
    echo "second help info";
    break;

.....etc..

  default:
    echo "no help choice" ... and whatever error stuff you want
}

[raman]

I think it would work,I shall try.