Okay I have my personal website hosted using apache and PHP 5 on my PC.
I have it so that when you click on a link in the menu, it uses the GET function to get a certain html page. This allows me to change my template on my index page without having to change every single page.
For example:
%26lt;?php
include(%26quot;/pages/%26quot; . $_GET['id'] . %26quot;.html%26quot;);
?%26gt;
I am still learning PHP, and need some help with this:
If the id is invalid, and doesn't have an html file in %26quot;pages%26quot;, how can I have it redirect to another page instead of displaying a PHP error? I think its something like %26quot;if doesnotexist%26quot; or something.
Sorry if I made that too complicating, but i'm not good at writing in a %26quot;techy%26quot; way.
ALSO: Please don't suggest that I start using databases instead of my html pages, I prefer it the way it is.PHP Question (easy points for a pro)?if (file_exists (%26quot;/pages/{$_GET['id']}.html%26quot;))
{
include(%26quot;/pages/{$_GET['id']}.html%26quot;);
} // if
else
{
include(%26quot;otherFile.html%26quot;);
} // elsePHP Question (easy points for a pro)?you will need an if statement todo this something like.
string goto = $_GET['id'];
if ( goto != %26quot;%26quot; )
{
include(%26quot;/pages/%26quot; . $_GET['id'] . %26quot;.html%26quot;);
}else
{
//goto the redirect page
}
this is based on the presumtion that get will return %26quot;%26quot; if there is no idPHP Question (easy points for a pro)?Maybe something like include($_GET['id'] == %26quot;%26quot; ? %26quot;/pages/otherpage.html%26quot; : %26quot;/pages/%26quot;$_GET['id'].%26quot;.html%26quot;);
or if the id is populated but invalid then
include(file_exists( %26quot;/pages/%26quot;$_GET['id'].%26quot;.html%26quot;) ? %26quot;/pages/%26quot;$_GET['id'].%26quot;.html%26quot; : %26quot;/pages/otherpage.html%26quot;);
an inline if statement
Hope that helps