Re: $PHP_SELF in a template problem, I think ??

Does the manual actually say to use the tags "<php></php>"? Or is it the normal tags of "<?php ?>"? > I run a small search engine and adding URL's is a bit of a pain so I thought > I would try to make it easier. Looking around I found a PHP function called > "get_meta_tags" which unsurprisingly, grabs the contents of varoius meta > tags. I just want the "description" contents so I first made a standalone > PHP page (http://www.yorkshire-search.co.uk/links/meta-tags.php3) which > performs get_meta_tags and uses $PHP_SELF so output is displayed on a page > with the same name. Check it out and you see that works fine (was a slight > problem if no initial URL value set). > > However, the search engine uses HTML templates and that is where my problem > is. > > Within the orginal form (add_form.html) was just HTML so I deleted that and > put the above working code between <php></php> tags to generate a form. > WhenI uploaded it and then entered the page, the form displayed OK but when > I > press "generate meta tags" it refuses to output the results into the boxes. > The search engine manual says you can place PHP code within templates as > long as they are within <php></php> tags so I am now at a bit of loss. > > This is the add_form.html template if anyone is interested. > > <p class="ptitle">Add Link</p> > <table width="500" border="0" cellpadding="5"> > <tr> > <td colspan="3"> > <center> > <font face="Arial" size="2" > color="Red"><%error_msg%></font> > </center> > > <php> > > if ($action == "generate") > { > print "<P>Insert the following HTML code between the &lt;HEAD&gt; tags of > your site:"; > print "<FORM><TEXTAREA ROWS=8 COLS=60>&LT;META > NAME=\"description\" > CONTENT=\"$desc\"&GT;\n"; > print "&LT;META NAME=\"keywords\" > CONTENT=\"$keyw\"&GT;\n"; > if ($robots == "yes") > { > print "&LT;META NAME=\"robot\" > CONTENT=\"$robotsoption\"&GT;\n"; > } > if ($refresh == "yes") > { > print "&LT;META NAME=\"refresh\" > CONTENT=\"$refreshafter\"&GT;\n"; > } > if ($copyright == "yes") > { > print "&LT;META NAME=\"copyright\" > CONTENT=\"$copyrighttext\"&GT;\n"; > } > if ($author == "yes") > { > print "&LT;META NAME=\"author\" > CONTENT=\"$authorname\"&GT;\n"; > } > if ($generator == "yes") > { > print "&LT;META NAME=\"generator\" > CONTENT=\"$generatorname\"&GT;\n"; > } > if ($language == "yes") > { > print "&LT;META NAME=\"language\" > CONTENT=\"$languagetype\"&GT;\n"; > } > if ($revisit == "yes") > { > print "&LT;META NAME=\"revisit-after\" > CONTENT=\"$revisitdays\"&GT;\n"; > } > print "</TEXTAREA></FORM>"; > print "<A HREF=\"$PHP_SELF\">Create another set of meta > tags</A><P>"; > > > } > else > { > if (isset($getmetafrompage)) > { > $MetaTags = get_meta_tags($getmetafrompage); > } > $description = $MetaTags["description"]; > $keywords = $MetaTags["keywords"]; > $robot = $MetaTags["robot"]; > $author = $MetaTags["author"]; > $refresh = $MetaTags["refresh"]; > $copyright = $MetaTags["copyright"]; > $revisit = $MetaTags["revisit-after"]; > $generator = $MetaTags["generator"]; > $language = $MetaTags["language"]; > > $year = date('y'); > print "<FORM ACTION=\"$PHP_SELF\" METHOD=post>"; > print "If your page already has META tags you may import and edit > them.<BR>"; > print "<B>URL:</B> <INPUT TYPE=text NAME=getmetafrompage SIZE=30 > VALUE=\"http://\"><BR>"; > print "<INPUT TYPE=submit VALUE=\"Import META tags from page\" > class=\"button\"></FORM><HR>"; > > print "<form action=\"add.php3\" method=post>"; > print "<input type=hidden name=pflag value=add>"; > print "<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" > cellpadding=\"4\" > width=\"100%\"><tr> <td><font face=\"Arial\" > size=\"2\">Title</font></td><td>"; > print "<input type=text name=title > size=40></td></tr><tr><td><font > face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Url</font></td><td>"; > print "<input type=text name=url size=40 > echo=\"$getmetafrompage\"></td></tr><tr><td > valign=\"top\"><font > face=\"Arial\" > size=\"2\">Description</font></td><td>"; > print "<textarea name=\"description\" cols=40 rows=10 maxlength=255 > wrap=virtual VALUE=\"$description\"></textarea>"; > print "</td></tr><tr><td><font face=\"Arial\" > size=\"2\">Category</font></td><td><font > face=\"Arial\" > > size=\"2\"><%category%></font></td></tr><tr><td><font > face=\"Arial\" > size=\"2\">Contact Name</font></td><td>"; > print "<input type=text name=contact_name > size=30></td></tr><tr><td><font > face=\"Arial\" > size=\"2\">Email</font></td><td><input type=text name=email > size=30></td></tr><tr><td><font face=\"Aria\" > size=\"2\">Bid</font></td><td>"; > print "<input type=text name=bid size=10><font face=\"Arial\" > size=\"2\" > > color=\"green\">(optional)</font></td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td><input > type=submit name=submit value=\"Add\" > class=\"button\"></td></tr></table></form>"; > } > > </php> > > </td> > </tr> > </table> > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >