Re: dynamic title tag generation?

I think you can get what you want with the variables $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] and $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']. <? echo $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']; // something like domain.com echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; // something like /cgi/tut.four.php ?> It WILL depend on your server's set-up as to IF these vars a filled, and WHAT they are filled with, but in my case, if I wanted a title on every page that was assessed out of the URL in the form <domain> - <dir> - <dir> - ... - <file> I'd do this: <? $title = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; // domain.com/cgi/tut.four.php for example $title = str_replace('/', ' - ', $title) // domain.com - cgi - tut.four.php for example ?> Then from here, everything is optional, and totally dependant on your code, naming conventions, etc etc. Here's a better example: <? $domain = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']; $phpself = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; $phpself = str_replace('.php', '', $phpself); // remove .php $phpself = str_replace('.', ' ', $phpself); // remove .'s $phpself = str_replace('tut', 'tutorial', $phpself); $phpself = str_replace('cgi', 'CGI', $phpself); $phpself = ucwords($phpself); $title = $domain.$phpself; echo "<TITLE>{$title}</TITLE>"; ?> Given the URL domain.com/cgi/tut.four.php, the title should now be: <TITLE>domain.com - CGI - Tutorial Four</TITLE> The only thing I haven't given you above is a function to convert written numbers into numerals (eg four > 4, fourteen > 14). I'm not really sure if a function exists for that. Please note, all the above is untested code, but should be cool. Happy hacking, Justin on 14/09/02 11:52 AM, eriol (eriol@eriol.com) wrote: > Allo.. > > I have a small CMS that I'm in the process of creating and was wondering how I > would achieve <title> tags that match the directory name & file name the > visitor is viewing dynamically.. I'm a newbie, so please bear with me.. I have > a head.php file which has the following line: > > echo "<title> DOMAIN - ? - ? </title>\n"; > > The head.php is included in each and every file displayed thru-out my site and > has all the obvious opening html, head & opening body tags.. In place of the > ?'s in the title tag above, I would like to dynamically change this.. For > example, say I have a file located at the following URL: > http://domain.com/php/tut.one.php > > I want to be able to have the title tag for that specific page read: > DOMAIN - PHP - Tutorial 1 > > Yet if I have a file located here: > http://domain.com/cgi/tut.four.php > > I would want this to be output for this specific page's title tag: > DOMAIN - CGI - Tutorial 4 > > It's kind of similar to hotscripts.com and how their directory set up and > their title tag corresponds to the directory names, but I don't want a > directory structure as my title tag.. > > As my head is the first included file following the opening <?php tag, I > wasn't sure how to go about this.. If I created a variable such as $title = > "DOMAIN - PHP - Tutorial 4"; for each page title, the head would be read (and > I assume parsed) before the actual variable.. I could put the $title variable > above the include("head.php"); line, but it creates more hassle editing each > file to add a $title variable and seems like somewhat sloppy coding.. This is > also why I don't name my files specifically how I want the title tag to > display them and use $request_uri or some similar reserved variable.. Is there > an easy way to create a function to read the directory and file names and have > it changed to display how I have my desired title tag output examples above? > > If someone could point me to the correct function() names and how to combine > them if it's not obvious in the manual, I'd really appreciate it.. I don't > need the manual's URLs, I can search the manual and don't want someone else > doing my work for me.. I'll attempt to build the function myself, but a small > example would be nice as I'm still learning and not sure how to combine all > functions using the correct and most efficient syntax.. Similarly, if you've > happen to come across any tutorials aside from php.net that cover this, please > share the URL(s).. I've searched google, hotscripts and resourceindex among > other places, but can't seem to find what I'm looking for.. TIA.. Hope I made > sense.. > > Take care.. peace.. > eriol > > >