Automatically get filename as unique id for Disqus comment boxes.

[snowboardtheworld]

 

I want to add comments to my website, which is built in php. I am planning on using http://www.disqus.com/ coz i want to be able to backup my comments .  I used http://www.htmlcommentbox.com/ before and put the code in a php file and inserted this php code <?php include("includes/comment.php"); ?> , to where  i want comments to be displayed in my web pages. But for Disqus I must use a unique id number or url with the Disqus code for each page on my website. I want to use the same code for all pages.

 

Can i use this code

      <?php
$currentFile = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];
$parts = Explode('/', $currentFile);
echo $parts[count($parts) - 1];
?>

OR THIS (results seem the same, in the my example at the bottom of this, i used the code below)

<?php
echo basename ( $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ) ;
?>

 

Here is the Disqus code in which i want to insert the above php.

<div id="disqus_thread"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
    /* * * CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT BEFORE PASTING INTO YOUR WEBPAGE * * */
    var disqus_shortname = 'example'; // required: replace example with your forum shortname

    // The following are highly recommended additional parameters. Remove the slashes in front to use.
    // var disqus_identifier = 'unique_dynamic_id_1234';
    // var disqus_url = 'http://example.com/permalink-to-page.html';

    /* * * DON'T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE * * */
    (function() {
        var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true;
        dsq.src = 'http://' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js';
        (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq);
    })();
</script>
<noscript>Please enable JavaScript to view the <a href="http://disqus.com/?ref_noscript">comments powered by Disqus.</a></noscript>
<a href="http://disqus.com" class="dsq-brlink">blog comments powered by <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span></a>

 

And this is the Disqus code after i inserted the php.

<div id="disqus_thread"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
    /* * * CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT BEFORE PASTING INTO YOUR WEBPAGE * * */
    var disqus_shortname = 'example'; // required: replace example with your forum shortname

    // The following are highly recommended additional parameters. Remove the slashes in front to use.
    // var disqus_identifier = 'unique_dynamic_id_1234';
    // var disqus_url = '<?php echo basename ( $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ) ;?>';

    /* * * DON'T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE * * */
    (function() {
        var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true;
        dsq.src = 'http://' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js';
        (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq);
    })();
</script>
<noscript>Please enable JavaScript to view the <a href="http://disqus.com/?ref_noscript">comments powered by Disqus.</a></noscript>
<a href="http://disqus.com" class="dsq-brlink">blog comments powered by <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span></a>

 

 

Do you think this will work or is there a better method. I have used the php code on a test php page and the result was index.php . How can i just get index as the result. How this is explained ok.

 

Thanks for taking the time to read this

[mikesta707]

Seems alright to me... Have you tried it out?