I guess I had some 'spelling mistakes' in my suggested code.
Try the one below. It should be $HTTP_GET_VARS not $_HTTP_GET_VARS.
<?
$post_041005 = "article for April 10th 2005";
$post_040905 = "text for April 9th 2005";
switch ($HTTP_GET_VARS['articleid'])
{
case "post_041005": print($post_041005);
break;
case "post_040905": print($post_040905);
break;
default: echo "No article was specified.";
}
?>
And you can name the script in any way you want to. It need not be script.php.
Say if you put this code into a script call getarticle.php, you should call it
as youdomain/getarticle.php?articleid=post_xxxxx where xxxx is the appropriate
article number.
As someone else suggested, putting them into a database is the best way to do
it. But since I guess you are a beginner you might as well keep it very simple
like this for the time being. But ultimately you should consider databases.
Cheers,
Prathap
---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Carlos Palomino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Prathaban Mookiah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 06:09:53 -0400
Subject: Re: [PHP] Viewing a specific item within a php web-page?
> Hi,
>
> I tried the following but can not view the specified article but
> receive the default message when attempting to view either of the
> posts. I used the proper URL as suggested
> (script.php?read=post_041005).
>
> $post_041005 = "article for April 10th 2005";
> $post_040905 = "text for April 9th 2005";
> switch ($_HTTP_GET_VARS['read'])
> {
> case "post_041005": print($post_041005);
> break;
> case "post_040905": print($post_040905);
> break;
> default: echo "No article was specified.";
> }
>
> Any ideas on why I am receiving only the default message even though
> I go to the proper article URL?
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Carlos
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Prathaban Mookiah
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 4:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Viewing a specific item within a php web-page?
>
> I think you have totally got it wrong. You pass on the value to a
> php script in the form on http:// /script.php?variable=value.
>
> So to accomplish your need you may have to do something like call http://
> /script.php?articleid=post_040905.
>
> Your program should be modified to maybe something like:
>
> <?
>
> $post_041005 = "article for April 10th 2005";
> $post_040905 = "text for April 9th 2005";
>
> switch ($_HTTP_GET_VARS['articleid'])
> {
> case "post_041005": print($post_041005);
> break;
> case "post_040905": print($post_040905);
> break;
> default: echo "No articleid specified"
> }
>
> If you still want to call it in the form
> domain.com/articles.php?post_040905, then you may do something like
> this:
>
> $post_041005 = "article for April 10th 2005";
> if isset($_HTTP_GET_VARS['post_041005'])
> print($post_041005);
>
> $post_040905 = "text for April 9th 2005";
> if isset($_HTTP_GET_VARS['post_040905'])
> print($post_post_040905);
>
> ?>
>
> There are more efficient ways to do it, but this should get the
> job done.
>
> Prathap
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: "Carlos Palomino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <php-general@lists.php.net>
> Sent: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 21:23:06 -0400
> Subject: [PHP] Viewing a specific item within a php web-page?
>
> > I have a document entitled: articles.php
> > Within this document, I want to store various written articles which
> > are headed by a string value - example:
> >
> > $post_040905 = "text for April 9th 2005";
> > print($post_040905);
> > $post_041005 = "article for April 10th 2005";
> > print($post_041005);
> >
> > How can I view a specific string's text via the browser? I thought
> > I could use domain.com/articles.php?post_040905 and only the
> > content written for that post would be shown. However, all of
> the > posts are shown. I just began reading about PHP from limited
> > tutorials so I am at a loss as to how I can accomplish this. I >
> would appreciate all assistance in this matter. > > Best Regards,
> > > Carlos
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