i cannot figure this out..

[newguy2010]

i was wondering how i would go about making a single page that would have sections on it and if you click a section the page reloads and shows the information that is within that section?

i got my code to show both the section and its information at the same time but cannot figure out how to do the above.

please help.

thank you

-Adam

[AbraCadaver]

Something like:

 

sections.php

<a href="sections.php?id=1">Section 1</a>
<a href="sections.php?id=2">Section 2</a>
<a href="sections.php?id=3">Section 3</a>

<?php
if(isset($_GET['id']) && file_exists('section' . (int)$_GET['id'] . '.html')) {
   include('section' . (int)$_GET['id'] . '.html');
}
?>

 

Then you would have section1.html, section2.html, section3..html.  Several other ways to do it.

 

[newguy2010]

i have a database set up and i am trying to make it where i dont have to make abunch of pages, but is there a way to make it where i have a page for the sections and a page for the information? or would i have to make a page for the information within each section?

thank you

-Adam

[AbraCadaver]

Your original question was vague but there are several ways whether you want one page or more.  This example is just like my previous one but insert your database query:

 

<a href="sections.php?id=1">Section 1</a>
<a href="sections.php?id=2">Section 2</a>
<a href="sections.php?id=3">Section 3</a>

<?php
if(isset($_GET['id'])) {
   $query = 'SELECT * FROM sections WHERE id = ' . (int)$_GET['id'];
   //retrieve data from query
   //echo section stuff from query
}
?>

[newguy2010]

ok ill give it a try. how would i go about making this dynamic?

<a href="sections.php?id=1">Section 1</a>

<a href="sections.php?id=2">Section 2</a>

<a href="sections.php?id=3">Section 3</a>

 

would i do it like this, calling the database and use '$sectionid = id' and '$sectionname = Section'?

echo "<a href=\sections.php?id=" . $sectionid . ">$sectionname</a>"; 

 

thank you

-Adam

[newguy2010]

ok i have tried and i cannot get it to work this is what i got.

im sure its something simple plz help.

<?php
$bookmarksections = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM bookmarksections");
confirm_query($bookmarksections);

while ($bookmarksection = mysql_fetch_array($bookmarksections)){
	$bookmarks = mysql_query("SELECT * 
						  FROM bookmarks
						  WHERE SectionID = {$bookmarksection["ID"]}");
	confirm_query($bookmarks);
	$count = mysql_num_rows($bookmarks);
	echo "<li>";


	if ($count > 0){
		$url = urlencode($bookmarksection["SectionName"]); 
		echo "<a href=\"Bookmarks.php?section=".$url."\">";
	}

	echo "<span class=\"name\">{$bookmarksection["SectionName"]}</span>";
	echo "<span class=\"arrow\"></span>";
	echo "<span class=\"graytitle\">$count</span>";						
	echo "</a>";
	echo "</li>";


	if(isset($_GET['SectionName'])){
		while($bookmarklist = mysql_fetch_array($bookmarks)){
			$title = $bookmarklist["KindofBookmark"];
			if ($title != NULL){
					echo "<li class=\"title\">". $title ."</li>";

					echo "<li><a href=\"{$bookmarklist["BookmarkLink"]}\">";
					echo "<span class=\"name\">{$bookmarklist["Bookmark"]}</span>";
					echo "<span class=\"arrow\"></span></a></li>";
			}
		}
	} 	
}						
?>

 

thank you

-Adam