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@NogDogApr 15.2012 — #Maybe they mean something like this:
pages.php:
Some page:
@NogDogApr 15.2012 — #There are many, many ways to organize such things, and I'm not going to claim that one is better than another. One way to approach it, though, would be to functionalize things as much as possible. You could put the code I cobbled together into a function that would just return a single, simple array based on the value provided to it. You could then put the header and footer parts of the page into a function. Then you would just call those functions as needed, e.g.:
page_stuff.php:
index.php:
Those functions could be in the same include file, or separate files, or you could even get all object-oriented about it and put them into class definitions.
You could even separate the data from the code more by putting the $pages array into a separate, non-PHP file that gets read by that function. The JSON format is very handy for this sort of thing, as it can be quickly and easily parsed into a PHP array (or object) via json_decode().
Is there a better way to do this?
I have been using the following method for a long time now, but someone recently said to me its ugly and there are ways to do it that will perform quicker too. He mentioned using and array in a separate file but I am not familiar with this method. Can anyone give me some guidance please?
[code=php]<?php
$about = isset($_GET[‘d’]) ? $_GET[‘d’] : ‘about’;
switch($about) {
/*———————– PAGES ———————————–*/
case ‘profile’:
$title = ‘My Title’;
$keyword = ‘some keywords’;
$description = ‘A great description.’;
break;
default:
$title = ‘My Title’;
$keyword = ‘some keywords’;
$description = ‘A great description.’;
break;
}
include($_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’]. ‘/include/header.php’);
include($_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’].’/about/’ .$about.’.php’);
include($_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’]. “/include/footer.php”);
?>
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@NogDogApr 15.2012 — #Maybe they mean something like this:pages.php:
[code=php]
<?php
$pages = array(
'profile' => array(
$title = 'My Title';
$keyword = 'some keywords';
$description = 'A great description.';
),
'another_page' => array(
$title = 'Another Title';
$keyword = 'some more keywords';
$description = 'A better description.';
),
'default' => array(
$title = 'My Title';
$keyword = 'some keywords';
$description = 'A great description.';
)
);
$page = 'default';
if(isset($_GET['page']) and isset($pages[$_GET['page']])) {
$page = $_GET['page'];
}
?>
[/code]Some page:
[code=php]
<?php
require_once 'pages.php';
?>
<html>
<head>
<title><?php echo $pages[$page]['title'];?></title>
<meta name='keywords' content='<?php echo $pages[$page]['keyword'];?>' />
<meta name='description' content='<?php echo $pages[$page]['description'];?>' />
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@NogDogApr 15.2012 — #There are many, many ways to organize such things, and I'm not going to claim that one is better than another. One way to approach it, though, would be to functionalize things as much as possible. You could put the code I cobbled together into a function that would just return a single, simple array based on the value provided to it. You could then put the header and footer parts of the page into a function. Then you would just call those functions as needed, e.g.:page_stuff.php:
[code=php]
<?php
/**
* Get the attributes of a page
* @return array
* @param string $pageName Name of the page
*/
function getPageInfo($pageName)
{
$pages = array(
'profile' => array(
$title = 'My Title';
$keyword = 'some keywords';
$description = 'A great description.';
),
'another_page' => array(
$title = 'Another Title';
$keyword = 'some more keywords';
$description = 'A better description.';
),
'default' => array(
$title = 'My Title';
$keyword = 'some keywords';
$description = 'A great description.';
)
);
$page = 'default';
if(isset($_GET['page']) and isset($pages[$_GET['page']])) {
$page = $_GET['page'];
}
return $pages[$page];
}
/**
* Get the top-of-page stuff
* @return string
* @param array $pageData
*/
function htmlHead(array $pageData)
{
/*
might want some error-checking here to make sure $pageData is complete
*/
$html = "<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>".htmlspecialchars($pageData['title'])."</title>
<meta name='keywords' content='".htmlspecialchars($pageData['keyword'])."' />
<meta name='description' content='".htmlspecialchars($pageData['description'])."' />
</head>
<body>";
return $html;
}
[/code]index.php:
[code=php]
<?php
require_once 'page_stuff.php';
$pageName = isset($_GET['page']) ? $_GET['page'] : 'default';
echo htmlHead(getPageInfo($pageName));
[/code]Those functions could be in the same include file, or separate files, or you could even get all object-oriented about it and put them into class definitions.
You could even separate the data from the code more by putting the $pages array into a separate, non-PHP file that gets read by that function. The JSON format is very handy for this sort of thing, as it can be quickly and easily parsed into a PHP array (or object) via json_decode().