Using .php?page=index

[Bradley99]

Hello,

 

I am coding a new game, but rather than having links like /usersonline.php i would like to have game.php?page=usersonline

I have never done this before so I'm looking for a quick heads up on the basics if possible.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Brad

[Maq]

Hello,

 

I am coding a new game, but rather than having links like /usersonline.php i would like to have game.php?page=usersonline

I have never done this before so I'm looking for a quick heads up on the basics if possible.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Brad

 

Google my man

 

Basic:

http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_get.asp

The manual:

http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.get.php

[phpfreak]

The ?page=usersonline is called an argument - you pass arguments into your script and then call the relevant actions based on those arguments...

[Bradley99]

So at the top of each page have a '$page=main' argument? Then in the menu use 'game.php?page=main'?

 

Would that work?

[codefossa]

You are wanting to get a variable from the URL, so we will use $_GET.

 

If it's http://example.com/index.php?page=register

then $_GET['page'] is equal to 'register'.

 

if ($_GET['page'] == 'register')

{

  // display registration form

  // Alternatively require registration page

}

[blew]

thats easy... just make a menu and link it to "index.php?page=game"

 

then, make the php code like this

<? php

if ($_GET) {

if ($_GET['page'] == 'game') {

echo "Hey, you are at the game session!";

}
}

 

so, the $_GET must be the same as you put after the "?"  dot...

if you want "index.php?session=game", so $_GET['session'] == 'game'

 

[Simon Mayer]

I would use switch to do this.

 

switch($_GET['page'])
{
  case 'game':
    //game page contents
    break;
  case 'usersonline':
    //usersonline page
    break;
  default:
    //a default page, maybe your homepage, maybe your 404 page
}

 

If you then want to be clever, you can use the include() function to load the required contents and keep your index page small.

 

 

From an SEO point of view, using get arguments is not always a good idea. You might want to consider using .htaccess modrewrite to direct yoursite.com/pagename.php to yoursite.com/index.php?page=pagename so that the site appears to have separate pages.