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@NogDogApr 02.2005 — #I might do something like this:
Create a simple text file with each comic's file name listed on a separate line (with no blank lines in the file). As you add, delete, or rearrange comics, just edit this file to reflect the desired sequence of comic files.
You could then use 1 PHP file to display them 5 at a time, telling it which comic to start with via the URL, something like[color=DarkGreen][FONT=Courier New]comics.php?page=1[/FONT][/color] .
@NogDogApr 02.2005 — #Now I'm thinking you're really pointing toward using a database to store all the info, instead of a text file. You could still use the file, but you'd need to make it tab-delimited or a CSV file, perhaps; with each line having all the info you need. Whichever method, you'd still read in a record, but now you'd have to break out the parts and insert them into the HTML in their respective places.
If you expect this to expand to more than a few comics, I'd highly recommend the database approach, as this is generally a more dependable way to store data, plus it's very flexible: it would be relatively simple to change the order comics are displayed - by author, title, date, whatever you want.
PHP Site: Now for the REAL fun…
Now that I have a working PHP site, I’ve been wondering if the following is possible:
If I had some comics arranged in pages of five comics, and each comic was numbered like so:
[QUOTE]
[I]Page 1:
1: Comic A
2: Comic B
3: Comic C
4: Comic D
5: Comic E
[I]Page 2:
6: Comic F
7: Comic G
8: Comic H
9: Comic I
10: Comic J
And I wished to insert Comic K into the list, somewheres on Page 1, could I get the comics to rearrange and renumber themselves on the pages like this?
[QUOTE]
[I]Page 1:
1: Comic A
2: Comic B
3: Comic C
4: Comic K
5: Comic D
[I]Page 2:
6: Comic E
7: Comic F
8: Comic G
9: Comic H
10: Comic I
[I]Page 3:
11: Comic J
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@NogDogApr 02.2005 — #I might do something like this:Create a simple text file with each comic's file name listed on a separate line (with no blank lines in the file). As you add, delete, or rearrange comics, just edit this file to reflect the desired sequence of comic files.
You could then use 1 PHP file to display them 5 at a time, telling it which comic to start with via the URL, something like
[code=php]
<?php
$page = (isset($_GET['page'])) ? $_GET['page'] : 1 # default is page 1
$comics = file(comic_list.txt);
for($ix = $page * 5 - 5; $ix < $page * 5 and array_key_exists($ix, $comics); $ix++)
{
echo "<img src='{$comics[$ix]}' alt='comic'>n"; # add style etc. as desired
}
# previous/next stuff
if($page > 1)
{
echo "<a href='comics.php?page=" . $page - 1 . "'>Previous page</a>n";
}
if(count($comics) >= $page * 5)
{
echo "<a href='comics.php?page=" . $page + 1 . "'>Next page</a>n";
}
?>
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@NogDogApr 02.2005 — #If you expect this to expand to more than a few comics, I'd highly recommend the database approach, as this is generally a more dependable way to store data, plus it's very flexible: it would be relatively simple to change the order comics are displayed - by author, title, date, whatever you want.