Is it posible to:::

have an include on a page:

<?php include("news.php"); ?>

then have a link change the source of the include to::

<?php include("downloads.php"); ?>

im new to php so i dont hav a clue :S

thanks for any help.

There are a number of ways you can do this. One of the more secure ways, is to throw a page identifier in the query string and then select your page to include based on that...

index.php?include=news.php
index.php?include=download.php

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<?

$validFiles = array("news.php","download.php");

if ( in_array( $_GET['include'], $validFiles ) {
include_once( $_GET['include'] );
}
?>
-----------------

If you want other pages, add the following between download.php" and );

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,"filename"
-----------------

example:

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$validFiles = array("news.php","download.php","aboutme.php");
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Ok thanks, ill hav a go to see if it works,
thanks again!

Sounds like a plan...let me know how it works!

nope, it comes up with this:

Parse error: parse error in /data/members/free/tripod/uk/c/h/a/chaosrealm/htdocs/layout.v2.php on line 53


which happens to be :

if ( in_array( $_GET['include'], $validFiles ) {

Oops...sorry I forgot a ):

should be...


if ( in_array( $_GET['include'], $validFiles ) ) {

hey thanks, one question, how do i get it to show news.php first?
coz its blank wen u first go on it

AHA ive just had a brainwave,

if i put this it works :

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=layout.v2.php?include=news.php">

HOWEVER it refreshes every second

if (!isset($_GET['include'])) {
$_GET['include'] = 'news';
}

where do i pu tthat?

Before $validFiles = array("news.php","download.php");

And actually, you need to put

if ( !isset( $_GET['include'] ) ) {
$_GET['include'] = "news.php";
}

hey thanks, it worked,
thanks again

Great! Glad I could help ya out!