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@NogDogNov 29.2015 — #I would put the names and links into a data structure of some sort, and use that. It could be a database (recommended if it could be a lot of links or something you want to create dynamically via an admin panel or such), or simply an array:
@NogDogNov 29.2015 — #Just echo out the desired HTML, e.g. (for this hypothetical example we'll use "name" and "link" as the two column names of interest, and assume we got them from a DB query from which we then fetched the result into $row):
Clickable link displayed from within PHP Switch-Case structure?
I have learned very little php at this point.
I am using a prebuilt user login structure.
Based upon which authenticated user we have, I wish to be able to give them a clickable link to go to another page that is specific to them.
The following example shows only one Case, but I am contemplating between five to 20.
Instead of automatically sending this specific user to Google I would want a link to appear on the page this is on that could be clicked to send them to something like “joespage.html” on the server.
[CODE] <?php
switch ($User->getColumnVal(“User_FName”)) {
Case “Joe’s”:
header(“Location: http://www.google.com”);
break;
}
?>
Would one of you kind folks that knows what you are doing (as opposed to me, as this is a heck of a lot of trial and error here, and mostly error!) show me how this is properly done?
THANK-YOU!
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@NogDogNov 29.2015 — #I would put the names and links into a data structure of some sort, and use that. It could be a database (recommended if it could be a lot of links or something you want to create dynamically via an admin panel or such), or simply an array:[code=php]
$links = array(
'Manny' => 'http://example.com/foo.php',
'Moe' => 'https://example.net/index.html',
'Jack' => 'http://example.org/bar.php'
);
if(isset($links[$User->getColumnVal('User_FName')]) {
header('Location: '.$links[$User->getColumnVal('User_FName')]);
}
else {
// whatever you want to do if it doesn't match
}
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@NogDogNov 29.2015 — #Just echo out the desired HTML, e.g. (for this hypothetical example we'll use "name" and "link" as the two column names of interest, and assume we got them from a DB query from which we then fetched the result into $row):[code=php]
echo "<a href='{$row['link']}'>{$row['name']}'s page</a>";
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