Re: help out a noob w/ include & switch?

jay thompson wrote:

index.php: <?php

        include 'content.php';   //sets the section title
        echo $title;

?> <?php

        include 'navigate.php';  //sets appropriate navigation menu
        echo $navigate;

?> <?php

        echo $content;   //loads body text

?>

There is no need to switch in and out of PHP there. Replace all the ?> immediately followed by <?php with nothing.

content.php: <?php switch ($cont) {

        case artist1:
                $title = 'event title';
                $content = '<p>some text</p>

                <p>some more text</p>

                <p class="sig">- artist name</p>';
                break;
        case artist2,3,4:
                [...]
                break;
        default:
                $title = 'event title';
                $content = '<p>some text</p>

                <p>some more text</p>

                <p class="sig">- artist name</p>';
                break;

} ?>

Unless you really have a constant defined called artist1, you probably want to rewrite the case statements as: case 'artist1': [...] case 'artist2,3,4': [...] etc (with the quotes added). If you actually mean 'artist2', 'artist3', and 'artist4' as separate artists, then you'll need to do: case 'artist2': case 'artist3': case 'artist4': separately.

navigate.php: <?php switch ($nav) {

        case 1:
                $navigate = '<ul><li><a href="index.php?nav=1&amp;cont=artist1">Link

title<br />by artist1</a></li><li><a href="index.php?nav=2&amp;cont=artist2">link title<br />by artist2</a></li><li><a href="">some more stuff</a></li><li><a href="">Contact</a></li></ul>';

                break;
        case 2,3,4:
                [...]
                break;

as far as I know, you need to actually do these as separate case statements: case 2: case 3: case 4: [...] break;

        default:
                $navigate = '<ul><li><a href="index.php?nav=1&amp;cont=artist1">Link

title<br />by artist1</a></li><li><a href="index.php?nav=2&amp;cont=artist2">link title<br />by artist2</a></li><li><a href="">some more stuff</a></li><li><a href="">Contact</a></li></ul>';

                break;

} ?>

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