On 14 Feb 2002, at 11:09, James Taylor wrote:
> Can someone recommend a better method for doing something like the
> following? All of my programs are written like this, but it's really
> poor form considering I'm not predeclaring my variables, etc. Only
> thing I can really think of is to assign a value in the form a number
> like 1 or something, then do a if $value == 1 {do something} but that
> seems kinda hokey. Here's an example of something I'd do:
> if ($submitdata) {
> dosomething;
> exit;
> }
>
> echo "<form name=\"form\" action=\"$PHP_SELF?\">\n";
> echo " <input type=\"text\" name=\"data\">\n";
> echo " <input type=\"submit\" name=\"submitdata\" value=\" Submit
> \">\n"; echo "</form>\n</body>\n</html>";
Yeah, seems hokey doesn't it :) ... I think about the same thing in
the code I use with PHP but I think it's the nature of the beast. But
a "Best Practices" sounds like a great idea that has passed me by
or I forgot if I've seen it.
I've been doing PHP for about a month now and here's how what I'm
doing:
<?php
include_once ( "./CONFIG.inc"); // Config file
global $Config;
$question_search_snippet = $Config["Snippets"]->Get("question_search_snippet");
$AskUs = $Config["Snippets"]->Get("AskUs");
$Slow_question_search_snippet =
$Config["Snippets"]->Get("Slow_question_search_snippet");
$body = <<<HTML
Data Here
</p>
HTML;
$Config["PageBuilder"]->Build($PHP_SELF,$body);
?>
Most pages are either like "modules/cgi-script" or a just a page like
this one.
I really hate globals so I cheat and make an array global :).
My CONFIG.inc makes connections to all "classes" , sets paths
etc.
Here is how I handle my input date (not my confusion with & for
references):
$input = &ProcessFormData($GLOBALS);
function &ProcessFormData(&$GLOBAL_INPUT) {
$FormVariables = array();
$input = $GLOBAL_INPUT[HTTP_GET_VARS] ?
$GLOBAL_INPUT[HTTP_GET_VARS] :
$GLOBAL_INPUT[HTTP_POST_VARS];
foreach($input as $Key=>$Value) {
if(is_array($Value)) {
foreach($Value as $SubKey=>$SubValue) {
$FormVariables[$Key.$SubKey] = $SubValue;
}
}else {
$FormVariables[$Key] = $Value;
}
} # End of foreach($input as $Key=>$Value)
return $FormVariables;
} # End of function DisplayArrayVariables
Peter
http://www.readbrazil.com/
Answering Your Questions About Brazil
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