Simple(I hope) PHP script problem.

**fileserverdirect** · 05-29-2007, 07:55 PM

Hi everyone,

I am writing a page in PHP, and I wanted a simple titlebar maker. It take a command "yes" or "no" after each variable. Then the if command makes each title into the variable "$title". the $title in then later put into the html tag, <title>. Here is the code:

PHP Code:


<?php

//title     \|/Select yes only once



$general = "yes"

$games = "no"

$web_devop = "no"

$websites = "no"

$advert = "no"

$news = "no"

//page title



$pagetitle = "Home" //Enter the page title here



//DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS POINT

    $begintitle = "My Comany Name&trade; -- "

    $gentitle = "MCN General"

    $gamestitle  = "MCN Games"

    $web_devoptitle = "MCN Web Devopment"

    $websitestitle = "MCN Websites"

    $adverttitle = "MCN Adverts"

    $newstitle = "MCN News"







//title printing



if ($general = "yes") {

$title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $gentitle";

};



elseif ($games = "yes") {

$title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $gamestitle";

};



elseif ($web_devop = "yes") {

$title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $web_devoptitle";

};



elseif ($websites = "yes") {

$title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $websitestitle";

};



elseif ($advert = "yes") {

$title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $adverttitle";

};



elseif ($news = "yes") {

$title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $newstitle";

};



else {

$title = "My Company Name";

};



 

//HTML/////////////////////////////////////////////PART 04

?>



<html>

<head>

    <title>

    <?php

    $title 

    ?>

    </title>

</head>

<body>

Test

</body>

</html>

NOTE:
I changed the name of my company to "My Company Name" and "MCN" for short.
Let me answer some questions you might ask:
No error messages come up when uploaded
Uploaded to a PHP compatable server
Uploaded in ASCII format
Nothing showed up when page was loaded, not even the HTML code.
I will add a "thanks" to anyone whom is helpful to solving this script problem
Thanks!

**mbrodin** · 05-29-2007, 08:15 PM

Hi, fileserverdirect!

In every If-statement you have add only one "=",

PHP Code:


if ($general = "yes")

add to this instead:

PHP Code:


if ($general == "yes")

OBS!! - REMOVE ALL ; AFTER }; AND ADD THEM AFTER

PHP Code:


$general = "yes" Add here-> ;

Here are the code:

PHP Code:


<?php  

//title     \|/Select yes only once  



$general = "yes";  

$games = "no";  

$web_devop = "no";  

$websites = "no";  

$advert = "no";  

$news = "no";  

//page title  



$pagetitle = "Home"; //Enter the page title here  



//DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS POINT  

    $begintitle = "My Comany Name&trade; -- ";  

    $gentitle = "MCN General";  

    $gamestitle  = "MCN Games";  

    $web_devoptitle = "MCN Web Development";  

    $websitestitle = "MCN Websites";  

    $adverttitle = "MCN Adverts";  

    $newstitle = "MCN News"; 







//title printing  



if ($general == "yes") {  

$title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $gentitle";  

}  



elseif ($games == "yes") {  

$title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $gamestitle";  

}



elseif ($web_devop == "yes") {  

$title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $web_devoptitle";  

} 



elseif ($websites == "yes") {  

$title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $websitestitle";  

} 



elseif ($advert == "yes") {  

$title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $adverttitle";  

}



elseif ($news == "yes") {  

$title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $newstitle";  

} 



else {  

$title = "My Company Name";  

} 



   

//HTML/////////////////////////////////////////////PART 04  

?>  



<html>  

<head>  

    <title>  

    <?php echo $title?>  

    </title>  

</head>  

<body>  

Test  

</body>  

</html>

I hopes this was helpfull?

Best regards,
mbrodin

**mbrodin** · 05-29-2007, 08:40 PM

Hi again!

You can also do this way:

PHP Code:


<?php   

//title     \|/Select yes only once   



$isWhat = "games";



    $beginTitle    = "My Comany Name&trade; --";

    $pageTitle    = "Home"; // Enter the page title here 



    // Title printing  

    switch( $isWhat )

    {



        case 'news':

        $title = $beginTitle . " " . $pageTitle . " &bull; MCN News";

        break;



        case 'advert':

        $title = $beginTitle . " " . $pageTitle . " &bull; MCN Adverts";

        break;



        case 'websites':

        $title = $beginTitle . " " . $pageTitle . " &bull; MCN Websites";

        break;



        case 'web_develop':

        $title = $beginTitle . " " . $pageTitle . " &bull; MCN Web Development";

        break;



        case 'games':

        $title = $beginTitle . " " . $pageTitle . " &bull; MCN Games";

        break;



        case 'general':

        $title = $beginTitle . " " . $pageTitle . " &bull; MCN General";

        break;



        default:

        $title = "My Company Name";

        break;



    }



//HTML/////////////////////////////////////////////PART 04   

?>   



<html>   

<head>   

    <title>   

    <?php echo $title?>   

    </title>   

</head>   

<body>   

Test   

</body>   

</html>

Best regards,
mbrodin

**fileserverdirect** · 05-29-2007, 08:50 PM

Yes, thanks... the html code appears! The title bar doesn't, though. I think maybe that you should use some sort of do "document.title" thing, I tryed it and this doesn't work:

PHP Code:


if ($general == "yes") {

document.title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $gentitle";

}

Is there any other way to target the title?

**mbrodin** · 05-29-2007, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by fileserverdirect

Yes, thanks... the html code appears! The title bar doesn't, though. I think maybe that you should use some sort of do "document.title" thing, I tryed it and this doesn't work:

PHP Code:


if ($general == "yes") {

document.title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $gentitle";

}

Is there any other way to target the title?

Hi!

The problem in "title" is that you have

PHP Code:


if ($general == "yes") { 

document.title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $gentitle"; 

}

change to this:

PHP Code:


if ($general == "yes") { 

$title = "$begintitle $pagetitle &bull; $gentitle"; 

}

Best regards,
mbrodin

**fileserverdirect** · 05-29-2007, 09:30 PM

Thanks, but my question was like this:
Forget the "<title><?php echo $title ?></title>"
Is there a way to DIRECTLY insert the title in to the document? I have seen this before in javascript.
I used your first post, or the original code, just beacuse

Thanks

**mbrodin** · 05-30-2007, 04:40 AM

Originally Posted by fileserverdirect

Is there a way to DIRECTLY insert the title in to the document? I have seen this before in javascript.
I used your first post, or the original code, just beacuse

Thanks

Good morning!

Hm, I'm not quite sure what U mean, but what I think U mean there are no other way to do this because PHP is a server language and Javascript runs on the client and therefore it's possible for Javascript to use "document.title" while it's impossible for PHP.

Keep have a nice day!

Best regards,
mbrodin

**djr33** · 05-30-2007, 05:12 AM

document.title in javascript is actually an object on the page.
That's like actually changing something real, like drawing on a piece of paper.

$title in PHP is just a variable, a value you can later do something with.
that's like saving some text in a word processor which you could later print onto a piece of paper.

**fileserverdirect** · 05-30-2007, 11:11 PM

Thanks Guys! Evreything works, and I am happy, it's a good state of mind

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