Variables in URL

[VogrothUnmaker]

??? I am having trouble with my website. I have tried explaning it on many occasions but to no avail so now I will use a picture to help demonstrate my issue. I want to create something like this -> (I photoshopped this picture a lot)
[IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e385/DoomedBanana/helpmepic.png[/img]

Just for clarity, I am pretty sure I am not looking for a gallery script. NO GALLERY SCRIPTS (unless it is percisely what Im looking for) If your still unsure what exactly I'm trying to accomplish, tell me and I will try to further explain it. I need you to ask me any questions of this manner so that I can help you help me. Thanks alot^.^

[The Little Guy]

Im not sure if it is just me, but... I don't think you even explained what the problem was that you are having.

[VogrothUnmaker]

Sry, the problem I have is that I have no Idea on how I am to make a website like this. I tried to explain it in this post http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,114065.0.html and got no where with it.

[The Little Guy]

[code]<?php
switch($_GET['comicnum']){
case 1:
    $image = '<img alt="alt text" src="Imagename1.jpg">';
break;
case 2:
    $image = '<img alt="alt text" src="Imagename2.jpg">';
break;
case 3:
    $image = '<img alt="alt text" src="Imagename3.jpg">';
break;
}
echo $image;
?>[/code]

[VogrothUnmaker]

;D That was fast, thank ye very much.

[The Little Guy]

Your welcome.... Is that what you wanted?

[VogrothUnmaker]

I think so, I just have one question how do i get the buttons to scroll through em?

[solinent]

[quote author=VogrothUnmaker link=topic=114878.msg467547#msg467547 date=1163462809]
I think so, I just have one question how do i get the buttons to scroll through em?
[/quote]
[code]<a href="comic.php?comicnum=<?php echo $_GET['comicnum']+1; ?>"> <img src="NEXT.gif" alt="next" /> </a>[/code]
For previous minus one.

[VogrothUnmaker]

Thanks!!!  :D

            (This is the fastest moving forum I have ever been to, getting a response on the spriting forums I belong to can take days if not weeks >.>)

[solinent]

[quote author=VogrothUnmaker link=topic=114878.msg467555#msg467555 date=1163463341]
Thanks!!!  :D

            (This is the fastest moving forum I have ever been to, getting a response on the spriting forums I belong to can take days if not weeks >.>)
[/quote]

Your welcome.  I'm new here also, and it's much faster than I am used to.

[VogrothUnmaker]

New Question, How would I make it so that it automatically shows the latest comic? Thanks in advance

[VogrothUnmaker]

It didnt work >.< It posted all the comics at once... What should I do?

[VogrothUnmaker]

Accident didnt mean to post this ><

[marcus]

You can just set

[code]
if(!$_GET[comicnum]){
echo "latest comic";
};
[/code]

[VogrothUnmaker]

Wait what? I dont want to post text i want to actually post the latest comic... And what about the bigger problem, it posted all the comics at once, they appeared one after another down the page.

[trq]

well this depends really doesnt it. How do you define the [i]latest[i] comic? Have you got the dates they where added stored somewhere? You really should be using a database for this.

[VogrothUnmaker]

Databases are fine with me.... Just tell me how to use em.

[trq]

Were not here to write tutorials, theres plenty already available.

[The Little Guy]

Maybe it will work this way
[code]<?php
$comic = $_GET['comicnum'];
switch($comic){
case 1:
    $image = '<img alt="alt text" src="Imagename1.jpg">';
break;
case 2:
    $image = '<img alt="alt text" src="Imagename2.jpg">';
break;
case 3:
    $image = '<img alt="alt text" src="Imagename3.jpg">';
break;
}
echo $image;
?>[/code]

[VogrothUnmaker]

Can you direct me to a tutorial, as you said there are many and it could take a while to find the right one...
thanks TLG I'll try this

[fert]

It depends on the database you have

[trq]

Ide suggest you start [url=http://hudzilla.org/phpwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page]here[/url].

[VogrothUnmaker]

Can you tell me exactly what topic(s) I should read up on. I am a slow reader and I often have to reread things several times before I understand them, so it would be helpfull if I knew exactly what to look up instead of reading through this entire (giant manual)

[fert]

like i said it depends on your database,  but the most common is mysql
example:
[code]
$cn=@mysql_connect("host","username","password") or die(mysql_error());
@mysql_select_db("name",$cn) or die(mysql_error());
$result=@mysql_query("SELECT latest_comic FROM comics",$cn) or die(mysql_error());
while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
        $latest_comic=$row[latest_comic];
}
echo "<img scr=\"{$latest_comic}\" alt=\"Latest comic\">";
[/code]

[VogrothUnmaker]

[color=maroon]Thorpe mentioned logging the dates the comics are entered but Im unsure of how I would go about doing that, would i use the[/color] [color=orange][i][b]DATETIME[/b][/i][/color][color=maroon] command or a [/color][color=orange][i][b]Unix Timestamp[/b][/i][/color] [color=maroon]or what? And then after that how do I declare that the comic with the latest date is the latest comic entered. Im reading the tutorial thorpe told me to but its so large and the sections that I have read have mentioned date entered fields but they never quite explain how to create and use them.[/color]
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