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[gss03]

I want to make one of these menu systems in PHP whereby you get the link looking like www.blahblahblah.co.uk/index.php?a=whatever

I've worked out I am using a switch statement...but it's not working
switch code:

    <?php 
$a = $HTTP_GET_VARS['var'];
switch($a) {
case "anchor":
$output = "anchor.php";
break;
case "junior":
$output = "junior.php";
break;
case "company":
$output = "company.php";
break;
case "senior":
$output = "senior.php";
break;
default:
$output = "news.php";
}

?>

I don't get error pages....just there is no change to the page overall, it reloads with no change to any of the information I guess it's looping back to the default case ???? if so why?

Any help or pointers to a tutorial would be a great help

p.s if you are wondering about the naming scheme it's to replace my aging Boys Brigade site I did years ago.

[Stoo]

http://www.php.net has a whole bunch of information

[Stoo]

What uses $output by the way?

As far as I can see you're not actually doing anything with the information in the variable?

I'd create a function which calls the above, then use an include to get the information up on the page..

doing a google for "php tutorials" does wonders too

[Kezzer]

I thought you had to use the $_GET global array although i've never used that one.

Also if i remember correctly it would be quicker to just state the function as opposed to creating a function assigned to a variable and then calling it 'cause it would take longer then. Just say: switch($_GET['page'];) { then go into the actual parameters of the switch. For example, this is what mine looks like for the first 10 or so lines:

<?php
switch ($_GET['page']) 
{

case 'articles':
include('includes/articles.php');
break;
case 'read_article':
include('includes/read_article.php');
break;

[Stoo]

yeah, it's still valid, but technically $_GET is the preferred useage now, the functions are just a hang-up from my c++ programming days (incidentally, for something as simple as this it really doesn't make that much difference which way you do it)