PHP Navigation

**Titan85** · 01-05-2007, 09:16 PM

I am trying to make a navigation script that will take me to a page named jobs.php and then on that page display another PHP navigation menu just for that page. I got that much working, but when I click a link on the jobs page, it does not include that page but simply dislpays that pages code. I am using this as my main navigation:

PHP Code:


<?php
switch($_GET["page"]) {

    default: // Initial case
        require('cpanel_home.php');
    break;
    
    case "content": // Content case
        require('edit_content.php');
    break;
        
    case "jobs": // Jobs case
        require('jobs.php');
    break;
    
    case "create_pages": // Create pages case
        require('create_pages.php');
    break;
    
    case "statistics": // Statistics case
        require('statistics.php');
    break;
    
    case "themes": // Themes case
        require('themes.php');
    break;
    
    case "mail": // Mail case
        require('mail.php');
    break;
    
}
?>

And this as my job navigation:

PHP Code:


<?php
switch($_GET["action"]) {

    default: //Original case
        require('job_manager/default.php');
    break;
    
    
    case "search": //Search case
        require('job_manager/search.php');
    break;
    
    
    case "add": //Add case
        require('job_manager/add.php');
    break;
    
    
    case "update": //Update case
        require('job_manager/update.php');
    break;
    
    
    case "view_all": //View all case
        require('job_manager/view_all.php');
    break;
    
    
    case "delete": //Delete case
        require('job_manager/delete.php');
    break;
    
}
?>

The code for the jobs page is:

PHP Code:


<ul>
    <li><a href="jobs.php">Main</a></li>
    <li><a href="jobs.php?action=search">Search Jobs</a></li>
    <li><a href="jobs.php?action=add">Add Job</a></li>
    <li><a href="jobs.php?action=update">Update Jobs</a></li>
    <li><a href="jobs.php?action=view_all">View All</a></li>
    <li><a href="jobs.php?action=delete">Delete Jobs</a></li>
</ul>

    <?php
        require('job_nav.php');
    ?>

</body>
</html>

Is there a reason that it does not simply include the page in my code, but rather takes me to that page?

**Titan85** · 01-07-2007, 05:27 AM

Anyone have an idea?

**djr33** · 01-07-2007, 07:24 AM

Please link as I am not sure what you mean.

The code looks fine to me, though.

require just takes ALL of the html and puts that into your page. Perhaps you need to make those other pages not full html documents, but rather, chunks, like removing the <html><body>.... tags, etc.

**Titan85** · 01-07-2007, 02:47 PM

The link to where I get this "error" is http://www.echo-designes.com/testing....php?page=jobs . If you click on one of the links on that page, it opens that page, instead of including it. Hope this will help you find a solution

**NineTwoZero** · 01-07-2007, 04:06 PM

at first glance, there seems to be sumthin wrong in ur phpfiles.

Code:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: clean() in /home/bntqann/public_html/testing/cms/job_manager/search.php on line 9

well I might just be stating the obvious.

Code:

Warning: mysql_query(): Access denied for user 'nobody'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /home/bntqann/public_html/testing/cms/job_manager/view_all.php on line 2

Warning: mysql_query(): A link to the server could not be established in /home/bntqann/public_html/testing/cms/job_manager/view_all.php on line 2

Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/bntqann/public_html/testing/cms/job_manager/view_all.php on line 3

my conclusion: i dont know anything about php

sry man. hope sum1 else figures it out

**djr33** · 01-07-2007, 09:45 PM

You do realize the difference between including and going to, correct?
There is no forwarding enabled there. It seems to just be including the code onto your page, which, effectively, is just displaying the other page.

**Titan85** · 01-07-2007, 11:57 PM

Originally Posted by djr33

You do realize the difference between including and going to, correct?
There is no forwarding enabled there. It seems to just be including the code onto your page, which, effectively, is just displaying the other page.

Yeah, I want it to include the other page in the code of the page that is currently being displayed. Is there a way that I can make it do so?

**djr33** · 01-08-2007, 12:06 AM

It should be.

Hmm.... have you looked at the source code to see if it's outputting the 'right' html, but then the html isn't displaying how you want?

EDIT: Ok, I get it.

Your PHP isn't in the right spot.

You need to place your PHP within the html, so it outputs the html of the other page at the right point.

If you look at the source, you'll see the source of the required/included page, then, following that, the source of the main page.

**Titan85** · 01-08-2007, 12:12 AM

It is outputting the html that I want it to, but it is not including it in the page, but rather just displaying that code.

**djr33** · 01-08-2007, 12:22 AM

Yes, exactly.

include() and require() do exactly this:
they take all of the html from a document AS-IS, then place that html into the html of your current document at the point at which they are called.

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