[SOLVED] Dynamic website structure

[jaymc]

I'd like to see how other people design a dynamic website using php which will have its content changed via url get parameters such as www.site.com/?dir=a&page=1

 

Can anyone point me to a good tutorial that takes you through the correct way to go about this

 

The way I currently do it is using a master index with

 

header.inc

php code to determine the content file/script to include

footer.inc

 

 

[Yesideez]

Can you give me an example?

 

I can't seem to understand full what it is you're asking...

[Yesideez]

That's similar to what I use but I don't think there's a right and wrong way to do it - down to individual taste.

 

What I do is make my template as a plain HTML file. This page has everything on it I want to display. Once completed I split it up into smaller include files and then make an index file and include them all back in.

[jaymc]

its the including page content bit Im asking about e.g

 

<?

include("header.inc");

// content here
$dir = $_GET['dir']
$page = $_GET['page']
include("$dir/$page");

include("footer.inc");

?>

 

Thats how I do it at the moment, of course with security added in to ensure cant open what every dir/file they input. Im just wondering if thats the most logical way?

 

 

[aggrav8d]

jaymc, it really depends on what you're doing with the system and your personal philosophy.

IMHO the best method is the one that lets you get the job done bug-free as fast as possible.

flexibility and customizations are niceties.

[jaymc]

Here is a better insight on what I am probably going to design it like

 

http://www.blinding-light.com/tutorials/read/7

 

Look at the screenshot of his directory structure and then of course the code used to build the page

 

Is there any bad logic with this method?

 

I get annoyed making things then getting stick on irc for not doing it the 'correct way' or most logical way this id prefer to design it the way the books/documentation advises.

 

 

[pkedpker]

I used to use

 

<?php

$modules = array(
'news' => 'news',
'forum' => 'forum',
'members' => 'members'
'register' => 'register',
'login' => 'login',
'logout' => 'logout'
);

if (!isset($_GET['act']))
$act = 'news';
else
$act = $_GET['act'];

// Include the current module
if (in_array($act, $modules))
include('modules/' . $act . '.php');

 

until today.. I started to use templating system..

 

 

p.s> its pretty funny everyday I come to phpfreaks with a problem.. half the new topics have similar problem to mines.. is it just me or does phpfreaks forum pick out problems similar to yours..

[jaymc]

Yes sometimes hehe

 

Why did you move from the method you have included as an example?

[pkedpker]

I moved back now  . I wanted to make the code look more pretty then it is ATM.. so I wanted to try a template engine.. and after the template engine failed in both looking pretty and performance I reverted back to my old backup using this. When I used a template engine the processing speed went up a tenth of a speed (like 2 pages slower) and didn't even do function calls as my old script did.. so screw it..

[jaymc]

yEh I'm not a fan of templates

 

probs only useful if a lot of people working on development