Re: [PHP] $PHP_SELF in a template problem, I think ??

[Richard Baskett]

Does the manual actually say to use the tags "<php></php>"?  Or is it the
normal tags of "<?php  ?>"?

> I run a small search engine and adding URL's is a bit of a pain so I thought
> I would try to make it easier. Looking around I found a PHP function called
> "get_meta_tags" which unsurprisingly, grabs the contents of varoius meta
> tags. I just want the "description" contents so I first made a standalone
> PHP page (http://www.yorkshire-search.co.uk/links/meta-tags.php3) which
> performs get_meta_tags and uses $PHP_SELF so output is displayed on a page
> with the same name. Check it out and you see that works fine (was a slight
> problem if no initial URL value set).
> 
> However, the search engine uses HTML templates and that is where my problem
> is.
> 
> Within the orginal form (add_form.html) was just HTML so I deleted that and
> put the above working code between <php></php> tags to generate a form.
> WhenI uploaded it and then entered the page, the form displayed OK but when
> I
> press "generate meta tags" it refuses to output the results into the boxes.
> The search engine manual says you can place PHP code within templates as
> long as they are within <php></php> tags so I am now at a bit of loss.
> 
> This is the add_form.html template if anyone is interested.
> 
> <p class="ptitle">Add Link</p>
> <table width="500" border="0" cellpadding="5">
> <tr>
> <td colspan="3">
> <center>
> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="Red"><%error_msg%></font>
> </center>
> 
> <php>
> 
> if ($action == "generate")
> {
> print "<P>Insert the following HTML code between the &lt;HEAD&gt; tags of
> your site:";
> print "<FORM><TEXTAREA ROWS=8 COLS=60>&LT;META NAME=\"description\"
> CONTENT=\"$desc\"&GT;\n";
> print "&LT;META NAME=\"keywords\" CONTENT=\"$keyw\"&GT;\n";
> if ($robots == "yes")
> {
> print "&LT;META NAME=\"robot\" CONTENT=\"$robotsoption\"&GT;\n";
> }
> if ($refresh == "yes")
> {
> print "&LT;META NAME=\"refresh\" CONTENT=\"$refreshafter\"&GT;\n";
> }
> if ($copyright == "yes")
> {
> print "&LT;META NAME=\"copyright\" CONTENT=\"$copyrighttext\"&GT;\n";
> }
> if ($author == "yes")
> {
> print "&LT;META NAME=\"author\" CONTENT=\"$authorname\"&GT;\n";
> }
> if ($generator == "yes")
> {
> print "&LT;META NAME=\"generator\" CONTENT=\"$generatorname\"&GT;\n";
> }
> if ($language == "yes")
> {
> print "&LT;META NAME=\"language\" CONTENT=\"$languagetype\"&GT;\n";
> }
> if ($revisit == "yes")
> {
> print "&LT;META NAME=\"revisit-after\" CONTENT=\"$revisitdays\"&GT;\n";
> }
> print "</TEXTAREA></FORM>";
> print "<A HREF=\"$PHP_SELF\">Create another set of meta tags</A><P>";
> 
> 
> }
> else
> {
> if (isset($getmetafrompage))
> {
> $MetaTags = get_meta_tags($getmetafrompage);
> }
> $description = $MetaTags["description"];
> $keywords = $MetaTags["keywords"];
> $robot = $MetaTags["robot"];
> $author = $MetaTags["author"];
> $refresh = $MetaTags["refresh"];
> $copyright = $MetaTags["copyright"];
> $revisit = $MetaTags["revisit-after"];
> $generator = $MetaTags["generator"];
> $language = $MetaTags["language"];
> 
> $year = date('y');
> print "<FORM ACTION=\"$PHP_SELF\" METHOD=post>";
> print "If your page already has META tags you may import and edit
> them.<BR>";
> print "<B>URL:</B> <INPUT TYPE=text NAME=getmetafrompage SIZE=30
> VALUE=\"http://\";><BR>";
> print "<INPUT TYPE=submit VALUE=\"Import META tags from page\"
> class=\"button\"></FORM><HR>";
> 
> print "<form action=\"add.php3\" method=post>";
> print "<input type=hidden name=pflag value=add>";
> print "<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\"
> width=\"100%\"><tr> <td><font face=\"Arial\"
> size=\"2\">Title</font></td><td>";
> print "<input type=text name=title size=40></td></tr><tr><td><font
> face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Url</font></td><td>";
> print "<input type=text name=url size=40
> echo=\"$getmetafrompage\"></td></tr><tr><td valign=\"top\"><font
> face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Description</font></td><td>";
> print "<textarea name=\"description\" cols=40 rows=10 maxlength=255
> wrap=virtual VALUE=\"$description\"></textarea>";
> print "</td></tr><tr><td><font face=\"Arial\"
> size=\"2\">Category</font></td><td><font face=\"Arial\"
> size=\"2\"><%category%></font></td></tr><tr><td><font face=\"Arial\"
> size=\"2\">Contact Name</font></td><td>";
> print "<input type=text name=contact_name size=30></td></tr><tr><td><font
> face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Email</font></td><td><input type=text name=email
> size=30></td></tr><tr><td><font face=\"Aria\"
> size=\"2\">Bid</font></td><td>";
> print "<input type=text name=bid size=10><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"
> color=\"green\">(optional)</font></td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td><input
> type=submit name=submit value=\"Add\"
> class=\"button\"></td></tr></table></form>";
> }
> 
> </php>
> 
> </td>
> </tr>
> </table>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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