[SOLVED] Tips Help

[supanoob]

ok, so i want to have some tips on the side of my page that will need to change with each page, but i dont want to have to edit all the pages tips if they change slightly so im using 1 document and on include statement. now i need a way to find out what tip needs to be included on each page and when. if there anyway of doing this. without having a &tip=1 etc in the url since i want the tips to be disabled if the person wishes.

[trq]

You could pass the tip id around in the $_SESSION array. Or, if it doesn't exist in the url then its disabled. eg;

 

<?php
  if (!isset($_GET['tip'])) {
    // tips are disabled.
  } else {
    // display tip
  }
?>

[supanoob]

i dont umderstand what you mean, i have it so they can choose wether to show tips or not, its just i want certain tips to be shown on certain pages, i just dont have a way for the tips page to know what tip to show since it doesnt know what page it is on.

[trq]

Well if you allready have the disable thing in place, just check that, then check the tips variable within the url if needed. eg;

 

<?php
  if (enabled_tips()) { // check to see if tips are enabled
    if (isset($_GET['tip'])) {
      $tipid = $_GET['tip'];
      // display tip # $tipid
    }
  }
?>

[supanoob]

so thats the only way?

[trq]

so thats the only way?

 

No... but whats wrong with it?

[supanoob]

nothing i just thought there would be another way since the url is easily changed not that it affect the game in anyway.