[SOLVED] Maintenance page

[rofl90]

I know to check a valu andif its say 0 using the die() function before the age loads to display a maintenance/offline page, how would I like..:

Code in the header/top of each page;

Code to change the online/maintenanc/offline status?

Thankyou in advance,

Charlie

[DeathStar]

How do you mean?

Like have a header and body page?

 

<?php
session_start();
echo "Header";
echo "<table><tr><td>";
include "Menu.php";
echo "</td></td><td>";
then at the end of the body pages just put: 
echo "</td></tr></table>";

[rofl90]

Na i mean on each page of my site, in my admin panel i can add an option to set the thing offline/online etc i have an option with stops mysql, for debbuging, but not to actually change the page it only doesn't function properly,  i need to have an option in admin panel, and i know what it would do at the top of the page eg if a alue is die() etc.. but i don't know the code sorry, im a bit new to PHP..

[rofl90]

Hmmm:

if ($offline_variable == 1) {
require( 'http://www.mydomain/offline.php' );
}

but how would i set the variable?

[cmgmyr]

config.php:

$offline_variable = 1;

 

any other page:

global $offline_variable;
if ($offline_variable == 1) {
require( 'http://www.mydomain/offline.php' );
}

 

something like that?

[rofl90]

Ya i added it to my config file, but how can i change it using a form? eg a options/radio buttons

and directly changing the config file from that?

[rofl90]

Any luck coders and codettes?

[rofl90]

18 views since ne1 got a solution ;P

[MadTechie]

yep..

 

but as you havn't given anyone anything to work with i guess we're all just have to magically write the whole thing for you, also if you need any dishes washed just say..

[rofl90]

All i need is eg..

<form action="apply.php">
<input type="radio" value="offline">
<input type="radio" value="online">
</form>

and the handler needs to apply value within config.php

$offline_variable = 1;

change the 1 to 0 and vice versa,..

[MadTechie]

So your writting to a php file.. erm.. !!!

why?

i am guessing you didn't write the "my admin panel" how does that store its settings ?

[rofl90]

Via MySQL

[MadTechie]

store the offline var their then..

 

just add a field

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Why not use a database, then in your normal header check whether or not the value of the maintenance variable is set to 0, if it is, then the page should die before printing any code, or, print code that will display a maintenance notification, if it isn't, print the page normally...this is what I would do.

[rofl90]

sorry errm im not understandig i dont want to use a database i want tostore it in  config file

[MadTechie]

isn't the config file a php file ?

 

well i feel like your shootin yourself in the foot here but you can write the php file just like any other text file.

[trq]

You are actually better off to use a config file. What if you actually are doing maintainence, and the database isn't available.

 

But yeah, writting to a php file is just like any other. Use fwrite.

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Then do that, use the config file like you would the database, each value on its own line, read in the file, then find the maintenance value, read it, if it is 0, stop the header code, if it is not, print the header code like normal, whats the problem?

[rofl90]

Everyone on this forum is brilliant, but for 9 out of 10 questions, Super administrators are the only that answer perfectly ;P

fwrite works fine.. I don't know that much about functions and arrays, so I can't just think 'AHA use that function ect'

Thanks again,

Charlie

 

Heres my FINAL code:

<?php
$config = 'config.php';
$offline_var = 1;

if (is_writable($config)) {

  if (!$handle = fopen($config, 'a')) {
        echo "Cannot open file ($config)";
        exit;
  }

  if (fwrite($handle, $offline_var) === FALSE) {
      echo "Cannot write to file ($conig)";
      exit;
  }

  echo "Success, wrote ($offline_var) to file ($config)";

  fclose($handle);

} else {
  echo "The file $config is not writable";
}
?> 

Looking to orange ugh whats wrong with it guys?

[rofl90]

Config.php

$mosConfig_offline = '1';
$mosConfig_offline_message = 'This site is down for maintenance.<br /> Please check back again soon.';

header.php

<?php require ("includes/config.php") ?>
<?php global $offline_variable;
if ($offline_variable == 1) {
echo( '$mosConfig_offline_message' );
}
?>

errm it doesn't work hwo do i kill the rest of the page

[MadTechie]

<?php require ("includes/config.php") ?>
<?php global $offline_variable;
if ($offline_variable == 1) {
die( '$mosConfig_offline_message' );
}
?>

[rofl90]

Im copying Joomlas config file as it has every var ill need it was $mosConfig_offline and it was $offline_variable

Thanks anyways

[trq]

<?php

  require "includes/config.php";
  if ($mosConfig_offline) {
die($mosConfig_offline_message);
  }

?>

[rofl90]

The subject does say 'solved' with a tick.. In other words. I've done ;P