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

Tried this and got parsing errors so "<php></php> must be correct. "Richard Baskett" <rickbaskett@home.com> wrote in message news:B793DA08.6445%rickbaskett@home.com... > 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 > > >