really easy bit of help please :)

[MSUK1]

ob_start();
include('file.php');
$content = ob_get_clean(); 

 

ok so this is the code i found for adding a file to a variable..

 

now how would i use it in term of this:

<?php
$id = NULL;
if(isset($_GET['id']) && $_GET['id'] == "1"){
  $id = 'Marc';
}
else if(isset($_GET['id']) && $_GET['id'] == "2"){
  $id = 'Glenn';
}
else if(isset($_GET['id']) && $_GET['id'] == "3"){
  $id = 'Nathan';
}
else if(isset($_GET['id']) && $_GET['id'] == "4"){
  $id = 'Scott';
}
?>

 

ok so the get variable checks to see whose id youve requested.

 

then when for example id = 4 i want to display an include file somewhere else on the page so i would use..

<?php echo $id; ?>

 

now insted of it being "nathan" i want it to be a file

 

i didnt really understand the first code i found

 

[pengu]

<?PHP

$file = $_GET['id'];

switch ($file)
{
case 1:
include '1.php';
break;
case 2:
include '2.php';
break;
case default:
include 'default.php';
break;
}

?>

 

Something like that?

[Hybride]

ob_start();
include('file.php');
$content = ob_get_clean(); 

 

ok so this is the code i found for adding a file to a variable..

No, that's including starting a session buffer (ob_start()), including a file, and cleaning out the buffer for $content.

 

[PFMaBiSmAd]

I'm not sure what you are trying to do, your question is not clear, but is seems to be related to having individual included content for each id/name? Could you indicate how your $id relates to the file.php include() statement?

 

However, you should not use a series of if/else if statements to lookup values when there can be an arbitrary and changing number of values. Use something like the following to replace your if/else if code -

 

<?php
$lookup = array();
$lookup[1] = 'Marc';
$lookup[2] = 'Glenn';
$lookup[3] = 'Nathan';
$lookup[4] = 'Scott';
// add other key/value pairs as necessary

$id = isset($_GET['id']) ? (int)$_GET['id'] : NULL; // get input value (or NULL)

// lookup value in array
if(isset($lookup[$id])){
$id = $lookup[$id];
} else {
$id = NULL;
}
?>

[MSUK1]

oh such great feedback thankyou,

 

okay sorry for the unclearness..

 

this is for a biography page, so their are only 4 bio's needed.

 

when the user clicks a picture of a member, it loads their information (which will be in say marc.php)

 

and that i thought would be easyier to write, than writing the individual bio's in the main page.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Is there actually php code in the 'marc.php' type files or is it just some text content that you want to place into the HTML on your page?

 

And, is there a reason you are not using a database for this?

[MSUK1]

not using a database because its only 4 members whose data isnt going to change, could use one however good suggestion!

 

and, no its just html markup for p and h1 tags

[PFMaBiSmAd]

If there's no php code in the files, you can simply use file_get_contents and then just echo the $content any where you want.

 

file_get_contents, like any function, can use a variable as the parameter when it is called. Once you get the file name in to a variable, you can do the following -

 

$filename = 'whatever.php'; // get the correct name using your id to name lookup code

$content = file_get_contents($filename);

[MSUK1]

okayyy so

 

going back to my old method now..

 

i use this to get the id:

<?php
$id = NULL;
if(isset($_GET['id']) && $_GET['id'] == "marc"){
  $id = 'Marc.php';
}
else if(isset($_GET['id']) && $_GET['id'] == "glenn"){
  $id = 'Glen.php';
}
else if(isset($_GET['id']) && $_GET['id'] == "nathan"){
  $id = 'Nathan.php';
}
else if(isset($_GET['id']) && $_GET['id'] == "scott"){
  $id = 'Scott.php';
}
?>

 

then use...

$content = file_get_contents($filename);

 

 

then!

<?php echo $content ?>