I think I was getting an error message when I tried to post this, but here
is what I wanted to add to http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php
Thanks,
Josh
""
First of all, great site! I have learned everything I know about php at
this site.
Here is a little script I wrote that I use as a online tutorial
(tutorial.php), that shows files to users, but will not allow the user to
view the files directly. It uses require, function, global, if, and echo.
The files Users may view, but not view directly I have as one.php two.php
and so on, you may call them anything you would like.php
The main file may be called anything as well.
Main File: yourfile.php
My HTML blah blah blah
<?php
global $goto; // define a variable,
function DoShow($goto){ //bein the function
$includedfile = true; // this sets a variable that alows the other
files to check and see if they are being access directly by the view, more
will be explained latter on this
if ( file_exists($goto) ){ // This statement checks to see if the file
exists, if not it will go to the else statement
//goto is defined like this,
www.yoursite.com/yourfile.php?goto=theotherfile.php You can use this as a
link, then when your main php file opens, it will open the other file within
it.
include($goto);} // this prints the other file out once the function
DoShow() is called
else { // if ?goto= is not defined or the file cannot be accessed or if a
user types www.yoursite.com/yourfile.php without the extra ?stuff after it
then he or she will get the following message.
echo "This page may not be accessed like this, directly."; // specify your
message here
}
}
// now within yourfile.php you can have links to files such as,
yourfile.php?goto=one.php or yourfile?goto=two.php (the php files at the end
will be the ones you do not want users to view directly) i.e. <a
href="http://www.losttware.com/html/tutorial.php?hidgkrresdgrtr=one.php";>
click here for file one </a> Now don't get confused, I use "hidgkrresdgrtr"
instead of "goto" on my script. No big deal.
DoShow($goto); // this will be inputing the file you want users to use, but
not access directly, the one following the = into your main file.
?>
My HTML blah blah blah
Now the other files are quite simple,
otherfile.php //or on my site, one.php two.php and so on
<?php
if ($includedfile == false) { // check to see if it is being accessed
directly, by default it is false unless specified as true by the first page.
echo "You may not view this file directly"; // prints out on the screen,
your bad guy message
exit; // kills the php file, nothing from here happens
}
else { $includedfile = true; // or, if your other file did access this one,
then they may seeit (it is being used by your main file)
echo " "; // not sure on this, but you have to at least echo a space, you
could try this but I've found so far that I at least need a space in there
for it to work.
} ?> Now you can write your page here, html or whatever, plain text, or
more php. This, on my site is where my tutorial txtis located.
""
