PHP Page

[ukliam]

How can I create a PHP page that will use my headers and footer?

I want to create a few more pages with some other information on them, but I want these pages to use the same header and footer as my forums.
I want to be able to store this new information in templates and have them called up as well.

Could someone send me a PHP page I could use that will display my header.

Allow me to call up a template with all my html tables and stuff in it.

And display my footer.

Sorry if this is not very clear


Thanks in advance

Sean

[Wayne Luke]

I just use the vBulletin template system to hold any page that I want to use other templates. This gives the added benefit of being editable from anywhere without the use of FTP like when I am at my parent's house.

Then I create a file that will call the template. It is simple really.

Here is one for our chat page.


<?php
require("global.php");
eval("echo dovars(\"".gettemplate("chat")."\");");
?>


Just put the proper template name in the gettemplate function.

[ukliam]

simple as that hey :)
thanks, I thaught it would be a bit harder than that....

::feels stupid::

[ukliam]

k.. next question.

Now I have my one page, how do I get it to go to different sections...

like if you go to
/map.php?action=scotland
it would take to to a template called scotland

but if you went to
/map.php?action=england
it would take to to a template called england

Thanks in advance

Sean

[bmurray]

Just do something along these lines. For each action, have an if statement that will execute the appropriate code.



<?php

if ($action == "scotland") {
// Code used if action=scotland
// Use Template Scotland
eval("echo dovars(\"".gettemplate("scotland")."\");");
}

if ($action == "england") {
// Code used if action=england
// Use Template England
eval("echo dovars(\"".gettemplate("england")."\");");

}

?>


Also, after getting that to work, you may want add more to it to return an error if an invalid action is set, or set a default action to take if none is given at all.

[Mike Sullivan]

Here, this'll be easier to maintain:


<?php

// Add any templates to the array (in the same format) that you want to allow
$allowed = array(
"england" => "yes",
"scotland" => "yes"
);

if ( !isset($allowed["$action"]) ) {
echo "Invalid action specified";
}

eval("echo dovars(\"".gettemplate("$action")."\");");

?>

[ukliam]

Ed, the trouble is I won't actually be using the same names for the templates.

Ben that kinda works..... but how do I set it to load a template when no action is set.
ie when they just go to /map.php

[JohnM]

Just use ed's code and change the names.

[Mike Sullivan]

Just change the array part:

"england" => "yes",
// In the format:
// "template name" => "yes"
// Remember the comma if it's not the last part

And if an invalid action is set, in mine just the echo "Invalid..."; line to:

$action = "default template name";