For that fresh and minty page variable effect

Ok, so, many of you have seen things like index.php?id=1 or index.php?id=1&type=blah on websites. Here is how we designers do it.

For something with one variable, like index.php?id=1, use the following code. Place this code as your entire index.php (NOTE - It HAS to be index.php, .html will do you no good).

Code:

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<?php

$page_id = $_GET['id'];

switch($page_id) {
 *case '1': //page 1
 * *require_once('001.php');
 * *break;
 *case '2': //page 2
 * *require_once('002.php');
 * *break;
 *default: //if no cases matched
 *        require_once('index2.php');
 * *break;
        }
       
?>

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Please note you must make 001.php and 002.php and index2.php for that to not give you any errors.

For multiple variables (I am only using two, but you can add more) like index.php?id=1&type=blah, use this code in your index.php.

Code:

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<?php

$page_id = $_GET['id'];
$type_id = $_GET['type'];

if(empty($_GET['id'])&&empty($_GET['type'])){
require_once('index2.php'); //index page
}elseif(empty($_GET['id'])&&$type_id=='blah'){
require_once('index2.php');
}elseif ($page_id=='1' && $type_id=='blah'){
require_once('index_blah.php');
}elseif ($page_id=='1' && $type_id=='noblah'){
require_once('index_noblah.php');
}else {
require_once('index2.php'); //if no cases matched
}

?>

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You can put as many elseifs in there as you like. I hope this helps some of you.

Yea, i know this. Isn't it better to use the $POST[] to pass variables to page from page though?

It is, but this isnt passing variables. My code is all you should have in index.php. It then $_GETs other pages, not other variables. All the variables are on that one page, so there is no need for $_POST. If you were making a login script that used multiple pages or something like it, then you need $_POST.

I mean passing the variables for each page. For example, the way you would do that is by makinga link to http://page.com?id=1 and that would pass the variable, but it would make the URLs cleaner if you just used a POST statement then to decide the include you would get the post.

Really, $_GET works fine. I dunno what else you would have to change if you switched it to $_POST. My script really does the job in a clean manner, but you are welcome to use $_POST.

Sorry for the double post.

Actually, you cannot use $_POST because that sends variables. You are getting variables. index.php?id=1. You are GETTING the id, not posting it. So you have to use $_GET in this case.