PHP Variable problem.

[pdgradio]

hey all,

** I am fairly new to the whole php thing. **

I had some code that used to work on my old host, but doesn't now. This code is for if i wanted to type in something like content.php?page=logs and have it show /logs.php in an iframe further down the page. (check out http://rb.pdgradio.com for an example).

<?php
if($page=="home") {
$page = "/home.php";
} else if($page=="bios") {
$page = "bios.php";
} else if($page=="logs") {
$page = "/logs.php";
} else if($page=="guests") {
$page = "/guests.php";
} else if($page=="affiliates") {
$page = "/affiliates.php";
} else if($page=="contact") {
$page = "/contact.php";
} else $page = "/home.php";
?>

(HTML Part)

<iframe
name="contentFrame"
src="<? echo($page); ?>"
height="316"
width="347"
frameborder="0"
marginheight="0"
marginwidth="0"
scrolling="auto"
allowtransparency="1">
</iframe>

My problem is that no matter that i type in the Address bar, $page will always result in "/home.php."
In fact, clearning all that code and putting the following still fails:

string entered in url is "test.php?word=foo"

<?php
$word="";
//this following should display "Foo"?? It doesn't.
echo ($word);
?>

any ideas on how to get it to pass the variable from the url?

thanks in advance!!!

[pdgradio]

Hey all,

After a little extensive research, I fixed my own issue.

For those who also might want to know the resolve...here it is...

<?php
// Var's for arguments given.
$pid = $_GET["page"];
$lid = "blog_id=".$_GET["log"];


if($pid=="home") {
$url = "/home.php";
} else if($pid=="bios") {
$url = "bios.php";
} else if($pid=="logs") {
$url = "/logs.php?".$lid;
} else if($pid=="guests") {
$url = "/guests.php";
} else if($pid=="affiliates") {
$url = "/affiliates.php";
} else if($pid=="contact") {
$url = "/contact.php";
} else $url = "/home.php";
?>

and I use $url to call the final link for my iframe.

Hope this can help others.

[midwest]

Unless Im missing something why go through all that code

$url = "/$pid.php";

[pdgradio]

to prevent 404's and such. Other than that, im only guessing

[midwest]

if ($pid=="")
{$url="/home.php";}
else
{$url="/$pid.php";}

One p[roblem I see is if you wnat ot add a page
foo.php you need to alter your code or get a 404. My way you never have to alter your code you just build a link with ?page=foo

[pdgradio]

kewl, thank you for that